Bug#884108: regression: after 1.0.93 can't install lucid
Package: debootstrap
Version: 1.0.93
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
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* What led up to the situation?
1) upgraded debootstrap to latest version 1.0.93
2) run command
debootstrap --arch=amd64 --variant=minbase --no-check-gpg lucid
out/ubuntu-10.04 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
* What was the outcome of this action?
this command failed with status $? = 2
and log ands with:
...
I: Retrieving zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15ubuntu1
I: Validating zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15ubuntu1
I: Chosen extractor for .deb packages: dpkg-deb
I: Extracting adduser...
I: Extracting base-files...
I: Extracting base-passwd...
I: Extracting bash...
I: Extracting bsdutils...
I: Extracting busybox-initramfs...
I: Extracting coreutils...
I: Extracting cpio...
I: Extracting dash...
# cat out/ubuntu-10.04/debootstrap/debootstrap.log
tar: ./bin/sh: Cannot create symlink to 'dash': File exists
tar: ./usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz: Cannot create symlink to
'dash.1.gz': File exists
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
#
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.21.1-openvz-042stab123.9-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968), LANGUAGE=C
(charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages debootstrap depends on:
ii wget 1.19.2-1
Versions of packages debootstrap recommends:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2017.6
ii gnupg 2.1.18-8~deb9u1
debootstrap suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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