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Bug#844458: bootstrap-base: if debootstrap_script is unset, DEBOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT is set to a directory, breaking the install



Control: severity -1 serious
Control: tag -1 - d-i

Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> (2016-11-16):
> Package: bootstrap-base
> Version: 1.166
> Severity: important
> Tags: d-i patch
> 
> While testing the daily images, I get this:
> 
>   https://jenkins.debian.net/view/lvc/job/lvc_debian-testing-daily/516/artifact/results//00:03:05___gui___minimal___VT__.png

Screenshots don't make it easy/possible to search inside bug reports (and
mails), and triage bug reports, so it would be nice to include messages
directly there.

> which after looking into it, seems to be caused by the fact that the
> debootstrap_script one would hope to be used is not actually set, but
> instead it is set to the directory that contains the scripts.
> 
> This seems to have resulted from the recent change to bootstrap-base to
> allow the script to be specified only as the codename, but which is not
> checking whether the debconf variable is actually set.
> 
> This commit should therefore fix the problem:
> 
>   http://deb.li/iUtYi
> 
> I've applied that change to a broken image by hand, and it does solve
> the problem.

Bumping severity to make sure this version doesn't reach testing.


KiBi.

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