Bug#637363: ***SPAM*** Re: Bug#637363: debootstrap 1.0.35 fails to accept --arch=amd64 on CentOS 5.6 system

[Whit Blauvelt <whit@transpect.com>]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 09:52:36PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:

> It can't be the "target" of debootstrap, since debootstrap is already
> running in it. Think of it (the host, Centos) as the hand which is
> holding the dart (debootstrap) to the target (the actual machine running
> the just-installed Debian, which may or may not be Centos).

Once you've explained it, I understand your technical use of "target" to
mean what you mean by it. I'm only suggesting it is ambiguous, so that other
people may easily misunderstand it in the context of building in a chroot,
where the "target" may be misinterpreted to mean the host of the chroot.
Again, once you've clarified it, it's clear. But the term "target," without
the clarification, can confuse - as in "I'm going to throw Debian into a
chroot on this CentOS box.

              ________________
             |     CentOS     |
             |    --------    |
Debian ----> |   | chroot |   |
             |    --------    |
             |________________|

Now, is the target named "CentOS," or named "chroot"? That's the ambiguity.
Googling the --arch error shows I'm not the only one to take the wrong fork
in the road of intrepretation there.

Best,
Whit