Make Ubuntu APT use archive.ubuntu.com rather than the US domain #838
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By default the Ubuntu installer sets the repository hostnames in `/etc/apt/sources.list` to the country-specific mirrors based on the locale chosen, which for this image is `us.archive.ubuntu.com`. The US mirror is slow for users outside the US, so a better option is to use `archive.ubuntu.com`, which automatically resolves to the closest official country mirror to them. This is also the hostname used in the official Ubuntu Docker images. Fixes #810. Signed-off-by: Ed Morley <edmorley@users.noreply.github.com>
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The Travis run is failing, but it's the same failure seen on master - for which I've filed #839. |
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Many thanks :-) |
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Is anyone else seeing this as not fixed on 2.3.8? I still see eg: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted in /etc/apt/sources.list |
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Yeah that is due to #864 meaning the config file updated here isn't being used by the virtualbox/vmware boxes. |
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By default the Ubuntu installer sets the repository hostnames in
/etc/apt/sources.listto the country-specific mirrors based on the locale chosen, which for this image isus.archive.ubuntu.com.The US mirror is slow for users outside the US, so a better option is to use
archive.ubuntu.com, which automatically resolves to the closest official country mirror to them. This is also the hostname used in the official Ubuntu Docker images.Fixes #810.