Bug#299268: Netwinder latest daily success
> > Seemed to "hang" a bit at "Configuring the base system" before
> > the "Debian Configuration" menus, some feedback would be nice, as these
> > are very slow machines. Maybe a whirlygig would be appropriate...
>
> This is a known problem with debootstrap, and really dpkg, which
> doesn't supply the necessary details to display this information.
> See
> #244563: Please make "Installing base packages" progress more granual
A workaround would be rewriting the "Configuring the base system"
message (in base-config) to something like "Configuring the base
system. This may take a while...".
Joey, comments ?
(post-sarge, of course, because this require l10n updates)
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