Information
ID: 232
PHID: PHID-TASK-v6k2qqosejtmrohtwqtu
Author: Patrick
Status at Migration Time: resolved
Priority at Migration Time: Normal
Description
I noticed that files created by whonix_repository
vs whonix-setup-wizard repository
differ.
When users are choosing stable
in whonix_repository
tool (cli), it actually uses wheezy
in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list
. This is because wheezy
means nothing to most users and because it’s better to use specific (ex: wheezy
) rather than generic codenames (ex: stable
) as apt sources. The full reasoning and discussion behind this change can be found here:
When users however run whonix-setup-wizard repository
and choose stable
, it will run whonix_repository --codename stable
, resulting in a literal stable
rather than wheezy
in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list
.
The idea behind --codename codename
was an advanced user option to use the literal codename
.
What whonix_repository
is missing is a switch that uses the same logic as the menu in whonix_repository
. Such as a new switch --repository stable|testers|developers
should be added, that translates to a specific codename (currently: wheezy
). Rather the --codename
, whonix-setup-wizard repository
should then use --repository
.
Comments
Patrick
2015-03-19 12:13:31 UTC
Patrick
2015-03-19 12:20:15 UTC