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Re: Issues with Bullseye

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On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 09:52:01 -0500, David Wright wrote:

> On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 15:36:05 (+0100), Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 16:13:51 +0200, Hans wrote:
> > 
> > > Yeah, not quite. I was already aware, that https won't improve security much.
> > > 
> > > I just wondered, why the docu once is telling "use https" and once "http". If 
> > > only using https or either http, this would not create confuseness.
> > > 
> > > Looks like I am too critical. am I not? :)
> > 
> > There isn't any such thing as being "too critical" when it comes to
> > technical matters :).
> > 
> > A link to the page you were looking at might help.
> 
> I assume this refers to § 5.1.3 in the Release Notes.
> 
> A browser has no problem reaching the site with/without the http"s",
> but I don't know about APT. However, the OP had the (usual) syntax
> error, so that may be the cause of their specific problem.

I asked on -doc but there isn't any definitive answer yet. So then
I looked to see what the bullseye installer does when configuring
the package manager.

The protocol choice is still between http, https and ftp. I chose
http as I always have done. The lines put in /etc/apt/sources.list
both begin with http://.

Back to the menu and select https. No choice of country mirroe is
allowed. The only offering is deb.debian.org. I assume that is
because it is the only mirror that can be assumed to support https.
The security mirror is still http://... . The other is https://... .

My conclusion is that the line in § 5.1.3 in the Release Notes is
either an overenthusiastic entry or a typo. Either way the advice
there should really be consistent with what the installer does,
even if it does not lead to any problems.

-- 
Brian.

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    Re: Issues with Bullseye Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-08-15 16:20 +0200
      Re: Issues with Bullseye Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-08-15 16:40 +0200
        Re: Issues with Bullseye David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-08-15 17:00 +0200
          Re: Issues with Bullseye Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-08-16 16:20 +0200
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          Re: Issues with Bullseye Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-15 17:00 +0200
            Re: Issues with Bullseye Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-08-15 17:20 +0200
          Re: Issues with Bullseye Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2021-08-15 17:20 +0200
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            Re: Issues with Bullseye Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-08-20 19:30 +0200
  [SOLVED] Re: Issues with Bullseye Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-08-15 18:10 +0200
    Re: [SOLVED] Re: Issues with Bullseye Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2021-08-15 18:20 +0200
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