kickseed does not interpret the "url" directive; kickstart install default to gb.archive.ubuntu.com

Bug #677307 reported by Etienne Goyer
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #662931: kickseed ignores mirror selection. Edit Remove
6
This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kickseed (Ubuntu)
New
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

In maverick, it seems like kickseed is not interpreting the Kickstart "url" directive correctly, and default to use gb.archive.ubuntu.com as the mirror.

This is trivial to test with a minimal Kickstart file such as:

-----------------
install
url --url http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
-----------------

Where "ca.archive.ubuntu.com" can be replaced with any archive.

Tested on lucid too, and it picked up the mirror specified no problem. So the problem really appear to have been introduced in maverick.

Attached /var/log/installer/syslog from a netboot install of maverick that shows the problem.

Revision history for this message
Etienne Goyer (etienne-goyer-outlands) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Thanks for your report. This is also bug 662931, since fixed.

A workaround is to add this line to your Kickstart file, after the 'url' line:

  preseed mirror/country string manual

To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Bug attachments

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.