Hi,

debian-installer attemps network access during build, although only to
the mirrors listed in /etc/apt/sources.list and in a secure way. This is
forbidden by Policy 4.9:

  For packages in the main archive, required targets must not attempt
  network access, except, via the loopback interface, to services on the
  build host that have been started by the build.

In addition this brings constraints to the build daemons infrastructure.

Regards,
Aurelien

[ Switching from ML to bug. ]

Hi Jonathan,

Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> (2024-04-01):

This isn't about d-i runtime, this is about src:debian-installer's
*build* requiring network access, which is a very well known problem
(even though there are no obvious solutions, at least that I'm aware
of), and that's now getting in the way of changes being considered
regarding the buildd network.


Cheers,