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Re: debootstrap, bzcat and packages on install CDs containing data.tar.bz2 members



Hi,

Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> (16/05/2013):
> I'm remastering the install CDs to do offline installs of a custom
> package and its dependencies.

which ones?

> I am updating the apt repository on the CD to include the package
> and its dependencies.

What are the additions/modifications to the repository? (A file list
diff might help, but see below, that's the most important point.)

> One of the dependencies (libpng) has a data.tar.bz2 member in it.
> When I do an install, it fails because debootstrap complains that
> there is no bzcat command in the install environment.
> 
> Which approach should I take here?
> 
>       * Make a bzip2 udeb and add that to the installer CD
>       * Figure out what is copying the debs from the pool
>         to /target/var/cache/apt/archives and prevent that from
>         happening for libpng.
>       * Figure out why debootstrap is scanning all debs instead of just
>         the ones that it is installing.

 * Attach a log of your failed install, especially since on IRC you
   talked about debootstrap vs. pkgsel issues.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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