Daniel Baumann wrote:
Kousik Maiti wrote: [...]P: Begin bootstrapping system... P: If the following stage fails, the most likely cause of the problem is with your mirror configuration or a caching proxy. P: Running debootstrap (download-only)...[...] did you read this?
This also happens when a package is not available. IMHO it is a bug. If it is going to fail at least let the user know why it failed. "Unable to fetch foo exiting".. Or skip the failed package an move along with a notice at the end that foo bar and skip didn't make the cut.