Re: Debootstrap question

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

> > You seem to have already solved the problem, but 
> > "pbuilder" attempts at this problem and other things by 
> > doing a two-phase install.
> > 
> > debootstrap the base system, 
> > then using APT to install the rest.
> 
> A two-stage process does not help me.  I am trying to build
> a small but complete system on a compactflash.  There is no
> second stage after reboot.  The CompactFlash will go directly
> into a different system.

Ah, okay.
So you are cross-installing for a different arch ?
If you are native-installing on a flash, then you can
chroot and run apt inside the debootstrapped directory.


debootstrap is quite weak in some sense due to the fact that
it does not take dependency trees in account, and you need
to list all the required libs etc. to install,
so this two-stage install method is feels quite natural.



regards,
	junichi