Re: [Tails-dev] Debian 9: Build fails consistently, name res…

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Autor: intrigeri
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Assumpte: Re: [Tails-dev] Debian 9: Build fails consistently, name resolution fails sooner or later
Hi,

Arnaud:
> thanks for your support !


:)

> However, after a lot of investigation (mostly in the wrong direction),
> I'm pretty sure to know what's wrong. It's not Tails, it's not the VM,
> it's not my config. It seems to be the network here in Vietnam.


OK :(

> From my understanding, I can change the Debian mirror used for
> provisioning the VM. But when it comes to build the Tails iso, I have no
> choice but to download the packages from the Tails mirror, right ? Same
> goes for TorBrowser ?


Exactly.

> Right now I'm working on tweaking the build system, and adding retries
> here and there, so that the build keeps going and doesn't give up so
> easily. I think that `apt-cacher-ng` should help me to mitigate the
> problem, but up to now I destroyed the VM too often to take advantage of
> it ;)


Sounds great!

Cheers !
--
intrigeri