Bug#833072: Can't create armel chroot using debootstrap - Invalid Release file, no entry for main/binary-armel/Packages

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 09:42:23AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>Package: debootstrap
>Version: 1.0.81
>Severity: important
>
>The host computer is running Debian Sid, fully patched.
>
>Results from host computer:
>
>I: Running command: debootstrap --arch armel --foreign --keyring
>/usr/share/keyrings/debian-ports-archive-keyring.gpg --variant=buildd
>--exclude=debfoster unstable debian-armel
>http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports
>I: Retrieving Release
>I: Retrieving Release.gpg
>I: Checking Release signature
>I: Valid Release signature (key id 69DDB0560EA86E87E83599B3B4C86482705A2CE1)
>E: Invalid Release file, no entry for main/binary-armel/Packages

Why are you trying to use debian-ports for armel? armel is a standard
Debian release architecture...

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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