Ubuntu
apt-setup package

Extras archive consulted during install

Bug #820764 reported by Scott Kitterman
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apt-setup (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
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Bug Description

Given the nature of the extras archive, it should not be checked for packages during install. In practice nothing should be there that gets installed, but it's an extra avenue for unwanted software that shouldn't be used.

Tags: iso-testing
Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)
tags: added: iso-testing
Revision history for this message
Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

I should have added this was a DI based install from the Kubuntu dvd.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

I also see this in the syslog of an installation using ubiquity as Get:s are done of extras.ubuntu.com. This was Ubuntu desktop i386 from 20110803.

Changed in debian-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu) → apt-setup (Ubuntu)
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