[Bug 985791] Re: After installation from cdrom, apt-setup comments out the CD from installation

[Colin Watson]

This was deliberate so that people wouldn't be bothered by apt prompting
them to insert the CD.  The common case, I would argue, is that people
don't have physical media conveniently around for very long after the
installation, and particularly on a server I'd expect the network to be
much more convenient.

I'm definitely not going to change this for precise, as there is far too
much risk of regression.  If you want this changed for Q, a first step
would be to verify that apt falls back to the network if the CD isn't
inserted but the network is available without any kind of prompt.

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Title:
  After installation from cdrom, apt-setup comments out the CD from
  installation

Status in “apt-setup” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After doing an offline install of i386 from a server CD,
  /etc/apt/sources.list has the CD commented out. It also has the Ubuntu
  archive in /etc/apt/sources.list present and uncommented (though I'm
  unsure if that is a bug or not). Manually adding the cdrom with apt-
  cdrom scan works, and allows packages to be installed, as well as
  tasks.

  Steps to Reproduce:
  1. Install i386 ubuntu normall
  2. cat /etc/apt/sources.list, see the CDROM is commentedout

  Expected behavior:
  1. The CD will be automatically polled if internet sources can't be reached or updated.

  Workaround:
  1. Run apt-cdrom add after installation. This should be documented in the release notes if a fix is unavailable.

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