Bug#106457: Can't install `testing'

[Karsten Merker <karsten@excalibur.cologne.de>]

On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 10:24:04AM -0700, George Pongas wrote:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 3.0.8
> 
> I can't install debian testing.  I have downloaded the testing compact
> installation disks and am trying to do a network install.

[Network install via http]

> debootstrap exited abnormally
> 
> Alt-F4 shows:
> 
> ...
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 152k freed
> Segmentation fault
> Segmentation fault
> /usr/sbin/debootstrap: 26980: Bad file descriptor
> 
> Alt-F3 shows:
> 
> Jul 24 10:15:37 (none) user.info dbootstrap[38]: running
> '/usr/sbin/debootstrap --boot-floppies --arch i386 woody /target
> http://http.us.debian.org:80/debian'
> Jul 24 10:15:37 (none) user.err dbootstrap[38]: debootstrap exited
> abnormally

This also has bitten me on mipsel - the solution was to use the current
busybox cvs version in building boot-floppies. The busybox-maintainer, 
Erik B. Andersen <andersee@debian.org>, has stated to upload a fixed 
busybox package soon.

Greetings,
Karsten
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