[xen-tools-dev] Bug#610457: bug: xen-tools - apt-setup for lucid ignores --mirror

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Alex,

Alex Tomlins wrote:
> > I don't like the inheritance of the dom0 apt settings as they are
> > correct only if the target VM is of the same type as dom0. IOW, using a
> > debian dom0's apt setup to build an ubuntu VM is probably wrong as the
> > mirror/proxy could be different.
> > Leaving it as a cmdline arg would be preferable IMHO.
>
> An alternative approach would be to be able to specify an apt proxy  
> server within xen-tools.

That would be helpful in some situations anyway, and it would be a
workaround around the problem described in this bug. But I regard it
only as workaround, not as solution.

> I've implemented this here:   
> https://gitorious.org/~alext/xen-tools/alext-xen-tools/commits/apt_proxy

Thanks!