Control: tag -1 patch pending Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (2014-03-11): > Wookey <wookey@wookware.org> (2014-01-09): > > Package: debootstrap > > Version: 1.0.56 > > Severity: normal > > > > If using debootstrap to create a debian or ubuntu rootfs on a non-debian > > system, the baked-in assumption that MAKEDEV is in /sbin is wrong. (It's > > not true on an OE rootfs, for example). > > > > The instructions in README for creating such a rootfs say: > > Unpack the tarball then: > > make devices.tar.gz > > export DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR=`pwd` > > debootstrap sid sid > > > > The make devices.tar.gz step fails when MAKEDEV is not in /sbin. > > > > We could stop using MAKEDEV, as suggested in #571136. > > > > In the meantime, changing the line in Makefile > > > > MAKEDEV := /sbin/MAKEDEV > > to > > MAKEDEV ?= /sbin/MAKEDEV > > > > would allow make to be called with a setting for where MAKEDEV is (copying a version over from somewhere should be practical) > > > > make MAKEDEV='/home/user/utils/MAKEDEV' devices.tar.gz > > > > I tested this and it work (so long as an absolute path is given) > > Allowing an override shouldn't hurt AFAICT, so I'm tempted to commit > this. Pushed to master: http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/d-i/debootstrap.git/commit/?id=7003b9b Mraw, KiBi.
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