Bug#901717: debootstrap: Version 1.0.102 breaks use of file mirrors
Hi,
On Sat, 23 Jun 2018 11:14:58 +0100
Christopher Obbard <obbardc@gmail.com> wrote:
> $ cat test/debootstrap/debootstrap.log
> ...
> /debootstrap/debootstrap: 1428: /debootstrap/debootstrap: cannot open
> //var/lib/apt/lists/http:__deb.debian.org_debian_dists_buster_main_binary-armhf_Packages:
> No such file
Oh, that is not expected, installation was failed...
Here's a proposed patch.
diff --git a/debootstrap b/debootstrap
index 023a54f..c61636f 100755
--- a/debootstrap
+++ b/debootstrap
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ fi
if [ "$SECOND_STAGE_ONLY" = "true" ]; then
SUITE=$(cat "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/suite")
ARCH=$(cat "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/arch")
+ USER_MIRROR=$(cat "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/mirror")
if [ -e "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/variant" ]; then
VARIANT=$(cat "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR/variant")
SUPPORTED_VARIANTS="$VARIANT"
@@ -725,6 +726,7 @@ if am_doing_phase first_stage; then
cp "$DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR"/scripts/*-common "$TARGET/debootstrap/"
echo "$ARCH" >"$TARGET/debootstrap/arch"
echo "$SUITE" >"$TARGET/debootstrap/suite"
+ echo "$USER_MIRROR" >"$TARGET/debootstrap/mirror"
[ "" = "$VARIANT" ] ||
echo "$VARIANT" >"$TARGET/debootstrap/variant"
echo "$required" >"$TARGET/debootstrap/required"
> >> we should write the file mirror URI to sources.list
> >
> > And that assumption needs to be discussed.
> >
> > If we would create chroot with debootstrap specified with file:///
> > mirror and bring it to another environment, sources.list should
> > point local file mirror or not?
>
> You are right, thinking about it mirror URI should not added to sources.list.
> I do like the original method debootstrap 1.0.101 uses of caching the
> list of packages when using a file mirror under debootstrap.invalid.
> All of the packages are cached in the first-stage anyway.
>
> After the install is complete, we should clear /etc/apt/sources.list
> of debootstrap.invalid.
> The user should update /etc/apt/sources.list himself anyway.
I prefer to use http(s)://deb.debian.org/debian as default mirror
setting for it, since it's okay for most users and works.
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