Bug#838388: debootstrap: Fails to strap squeeze since 1.0.83

[Stephan Sürken <absurd@debian.org>]

Hi Julien,

On Di, 2016-09-20 at 21:09 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:

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> > It always exits here with exit code 2, without any further error
> > message (not even when using --verbose).
> > 
> There should be a log inside the target directory.

ah, sure ;).

debootstrap/debootstrap.log says:

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gpgv: Signature made Sat Apr 25 13:01:30 2015 CEST
gpgv:                using RSA key AED4B06F473041FA
gpgv: Good signature from "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (6.0/squeeze) <ftpmaster@debian.org>"
gpgv: Signature made Sat Apr 25 13:05:42 2015 CEST
gpgv:                using RSA key 64481591B98321F9
gpgv: Good signature from "Squeeze Stable Release Key <debian-release@lists.debian.org>"
tar: ./usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz: Cannot create symlink to 'dash.1.gz': File exists
tar: ./bin/sh: Cannot create symlink to 'dash': File exists
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
gpgv: Signature made Sat Apr 25 13:01:30 2015 CEST
gpgv:                using RSA key AED4B06F473041FA
gpgv: Good signature from "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (6.0/squeeze) <ftpmaster@debian.org>"
gpgv: Signature made Sat Apr 25 13:05:42 2015 CEST
gpgv:                using RSA key 64481591B98321F9
gpgv: Good signature from "Squeeze Stable Release Key <debian-release@lists.debian.org>"
tar: ./lib/libacl.so.1.1.0: Cannot open: File exists
tar: ./usr/share/doc/libacl1/copyright: Cannot open: File exists
tar: ./usr/share/doc/libacl1/changelog.Debian.gz: Cannot open: File exists
tar: ./usr/share/doc/libacl1/changelog.gz: Cannot open: File exists
tar: ./lib/libacl.so.1: Cannot create symlink to 'libacl.so.1.1.0': File exists
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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Hth!

S