Samuel Thibault wrote: > clone 637363 -1 > retitle -1 explain what "target" means > severity -1 wishlist > thanks > > Whit Blauvelt, le Wed 10 Aug 2011 16:21:00 -0400, a écrit : > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 09:52:36PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > > It can't be the "target" of debootstrap, since debootstrap is already > > > running in it. Think of it (the host, Centos) as the hand which is > > > holding the dart (debootstrap) to the target (the actual machine running > > > the just-installed Debian, which may or may not be Centos). > > > > Once you've explained it, I understand your technical use of "target" to > > mean what you mean by it. I'm only suggesting it is ambiguous, so that other > > people may easily misunderstand it in the context of building in a chroot, > > where the "target" may be misinterpreted to mean the host of the chroot. > > Again, once you've clarified it, it's clear. But the term "target," without > > the clarification, can confuse - as in "I'm going to throw Debian into a > > chroot on this CentOS box. > > Ok, then cloning the bug. "target" is explaned in debootstrap's manual page, in the very first line of the description. -- see shy jo
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