Bug#463199: debootstrap should make preliminary check if filesystem can use dev nodes

[Joseph Rawson <umeboshi3@gmail.com>]

Package: debootstrap
Version: 0.3.3.2etch1
Severity: wishlist

It has been quite a while since the last time I used debootstrap, or other 
programs that use it like pbuilder.  I had forgotten all about having the 
dev option enabled on my external drive. I think it would be nice if 
debootstrap would make a preliminary check to determine if the filesystem
supports (and is using) the exec and dev options.  This would save a lot 
of time and headache for people who only use debootstrap infrequently.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages debootstrap depends on:
ii  binutils                      2.17-3     The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  wget                          1.10.2-2   retrieves files from the web

debootstrap recommends no packages.

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