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Re: AW: insufficient dependencies by debootstrap



On Saturday 31 December 2005 12:13, Miro Dietiker, MD Systems wrote:
> Since debootstrap is also intended to be executed on a non-debian
> system to build a debian system (especially for crossplatform), these
> prerequisites are absolutely needed. I wanted to fetch the dependencies
> with an automatic script, but needed to complete this list manually.

I have added a list of the required commands in the Installation Guide to 
make it clear that a bit more is required than just /bin/sh, wget and ar.

> About the cross-platform issue:
> Debootstrap tells to be crossplatform.
> /usr/share/doc/debootstrap/README.Debian

I've just checked this, but you are mistaken. This is listed as a _future_ 
feature and thus would not be supported by current debootstrap.

Thanks again for your comments.

Cheers,
FJP

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