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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