Bug#637363: ***SPAM*** Re: Bug#637363: debootstrap 1.0.35 fails to accept --arch=amd64 on CentOS 5.6 system

[Whit Blauvelt <whit@transpect.com>]

> "target" is explaned in debootstrap's manual page, in the very first
> line of the description.

With all respect, it isn't described with "debootstrap -h". Not every system
with debootstrap installed has the man page installed. So my suggestion is
only that "debootstrap -h" clarify the language, substituting something like
"system to install" for "target system."

Also, --arch on the command line doesn't mean the same thing as ARCH in the
code - where it refers to the system it's being installed from (which in a
chroot install is also the system it's being installed on - a "target" in a
sense). So when the code fails with an "unable to determine the
architecture" error, and it's "ARCH" in the code that's having the problem,
and there's an "--arch" flag at the prompt - well, as I said I'm not the
only person who had ended up confused by that.

Thanks,
Whit