Bug#802546: /usr/sbin/debootstrap: 399: cd: can't cd to http://ftp.debian.org

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@aikidev.net> wrote:
> On 2015-10-20, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>> # qemu-debootstrap --arch=ppc64 --keyring
>> /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg --variant=buildd
>> --exclude=debfoster debian-ppc64 http://ftp.debian.org/debian
>> I: Running command: debootstrap --arch ppc64 --foreign --keyring
>> /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg --variant=buildd
>> --exclude=debfoster debian-ppc64 http://ftp.debian.org/debian
>> /usr/sbin/debootstrap: 399: cd: can't cd to http://ftp.debian.org
>
> You need to tell debootstrap what directory to install into:
>
>   /usr/sbin/debootstrap
>   I: usage: [OPTION]... <suite> <target> [<mirror> [<script>]]
>   I: Try `debootstrap --help' for more information.
>   E: You must specify a suite and a target.
>
> You can't omit the <suite> argument; you probably want something like:
>
>   qemu-debootstrap --arch=ppc64 \
>   --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg \
>   --variant=buildd \
>   --exclude=debfoster \
>   jessie \
>   debian-ppc64 \
>   http://ftp.debian.org/debian
>
> Of course, replace "jessie" with "sid" or "stretch" or whatever.

Oh, you are right, my bad.... I removed "unstable" but did not replace
it with anything. Sorry about that.

Maybe a message that states its missing suite would be helpful to keep
people like me out of your hair :)

Jeff