Re: boot-floppies 2.3.5 ready for testing (i386 and powerpc so far)

[Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>]

> >  - I get a warning "Failure trying to run dpkf --force-auto-select
> >    --force-overwrite --force". The installation doesn't proceed after
> >    this (this warning continues to appear).
> hmm what archetecture? 

I assume this is due to groff's new dependency on the new groff-base
package. The new debootstrap should fix this.

> note that if you keep hitting `ok' over and over it will eventually
> stop.  debootstrap loops over 20 times on errors as it brute forces
> the base system into order.  

This is back down to 5 now that we have a pretty reliable dpkg again too
btw.

Cheers,
aj

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