[Bug 1872941] Re: [Ubuntu 20.04] virt-install fails to detect path after images folder name has changed

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Unfortunately installer-arch/ is hardcoded portion of the prefix in the
internal archive publishing, internal mirroring, and external mirroring,
thus I cannot change it to legacy-installer-arch.

Also these will only exist for a short period of time until June, so I
don't see the point of investing into redoing all of our archive
publishing to support this.

If you use an internal mirror, you can modify it with extra symlinks to
symlink legacy-images to images to fix your internal deployment.
However, we should work together on moving away your virt-install
deployments away from d-i.

** Changed in: ubuntu-z-systems
       Status: Triaged => Won't Fix

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  [Ubuntu 20.04] virt-install fails to detect path after images folder
  name has changed

Status in Ubuntu CD Images:
  Opinion
Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems:
  Won't Fix
Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in virt-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Installer version: Latest
  https://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/main/installer-s390x

  Description/Reproduction:
  Start virt-install with the following options:

  virt-install \
  --name ubuntu20-guest1 \
  --memory 4096 \
  --vcpus 4 \
  --disk "size=4" \
  --location http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/main/installer-s390x \
  --network "network=default" 

  Error:
  ERROR    Error validating install location: Could not find an installable distribution at 'http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/main/installer-s390x'

  The location must be the root directory of an install tree.
  See virt-install man page for various distro examples.

  
  Looking at previous releases I would guess it expects an "images" directory instead of the new "classic-images" directory. I'm aware of the workaround to specify kernel/initramfs directly but that shouldn't be a solution.

  == Comment: #2 - Andre Wild1 <Andre.Wild1 at ibm.com> - 2020-04-15 03:51:21 ==
  (In reply to comment #0)
  > Installer version: Latest
  > https://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/main/installer-s390x
  > 

  Sorry I've copied the wrong link. This is the link I've used successfully in the past:
  http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/focal/main/installer-s390x

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