[xen-tools-dev] Ubuntu, debootstrap, and -updates / -security repositories

[Nathan O'Sullivan]

On 31/10/10 21:14, Dmitry Nedospasov wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 06:11:54PM +0200, Stéphane Jourdois wrote:
>    
>> 20-setup-apt only applies to debian/ubuntu, and we have to implement
>> the same fix for centos/redhat/suse/etc.
 From my experience Centos/etc do not have this problem because the 
"rinse" is less advanced and just installs the latest packages its finds.

>> We _cannot_ have some
>> distributions installed with fixes while other are not.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Let's wait for more thoughts about this hard one.
>>      
> Hmm, thanks for bringing this up, guys!
>
> I think this is important enough, that we should consider adding yet
> another flag to the xen-create-image options. I mean this is pretty
> major, imho.
>
>    

If as Stephane says this is intended "debootstrap" behaviour, then to me 
the most reasonable first step is to edit 20-setup-apt to perform 
"apt-get upgrade".

In regards to adding a flag, is there a good use-case for creating 
images that are not as up-to-date as possible?

Regards
Nathan