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| author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2013-03-10 20:31:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2013-03-10 20:31:48 +0000 |
| commit | 02a92b437a186f98ecc53c603e106992b5c88470 (patch) | |
| tree | c64a6155ffd8c579c1faefb4068cc261154652f6 | |
| parent | 481ca012089cada88000077f9eec6808a9fb7dd7 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-02a92b437a186f98ecc53c603e106992b5c88470.zip | |
Document that the mirror host name actually has to be a URL base for now.
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml | 8 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 2b9e7bf16..bbef9928f 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ installation-guide (2013XXXX) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Document IPv6 preseeding. Thanks Vincent McIntyre for the suggestion. * Disable outdated Catalan and Finnish translations. * Update installation sizes. + * Document that the mirror host name actually has to be a URL base for now. [ Milan Kupcevic ] * Debian-installer partition table editing tool not compatible with diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml index 1237b2400..16677a902 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml @@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ installation process. Choosing the offered default is usually fine. </para><para> +A mirror can also be specified by hand by choosing <quote>enter information +manually</quote> . You can then specify a mirror host name and an optional +port number. As of Wheezy, that actually has to be a URL base, i.e. when +specifying an IPv6 address, one has to add square brackets around it, for +instance <quote>[2001:db8::1]</quote>. + +</para><para> + If your computer is on an IPv6-only network (which is probably not the case for the vast majority of users), using the default mirror for your country might not work. All the mirrors in the list are reachable via IPv4, but |