Re: debootstrap: manpage neglects complete path for

[Hideki Yamane <henrich@iijmio-mail.jp>]

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Hi list,

 Could you review below messages in deboostrap manpage, please?

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:36:07 +0900 Hideki Yamane <henrich@iijmio-mail.jp> wrote:
>  Here's a proposed patch for it.
> 
> diff --git a/debootstrap b/debootstrap
> index 083473d..1d5d5c6 100755
> --- a/debootstrap
> +++ b/debootstrap
> @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ fi
>  
>  if [ "$UNPACK_TARBALL" ]; then
>  	if [ "${UNPACK_TARBALL#/}" = "$UNPACK_TARBALL" ]; then
> -		error 1 TARPATH "Tarball must be given a complete path"
> +		error 1 TARPATH "Tarball must be given an absolute path"
>  	fi
>  	if [ "${UNPACK_TARBALL%.tar}" != "$UNPACK_TARBALL" ]; then
>  		(cd "$TARGET" && tar -xf "$UNPACK_TARBALL")
> diff --git a/debootstrap.8 b/debootstrap.8
> index e802003..699f1fd 100644
> --- a/debootstrap.8
> +++ b/debootstrap.8
> @@ -137,11 +137,12 @@ Don't delete the /debootstrap directory in the target after completing the
>  installation.
>  .IP
>  .IP "\fB\-\-unpack\-tarball=FILE\fP"
> -Acquire .debs from tarball FILE instead of downloading via http.
> +Acquire .debs from gzipped tarball FILE (specified with absolute path)
> +instead of downloading via http.
>  .IP
>  .IP "\fB\-\-make\-tarball=FILE\fP"
> -Instead of bootstrapping, make a tarball (written to FILE) of the downloaded
> -packages.
> +Instead of bootstrapping, make a gzipped tarball (written to FILE) of the
> +downloaded packages.
>  The resulting tarball may be passed to a later
>  .BR \-\-unpack\-tarball .
>  .IP
> 
> 



-- 
Regards,

 Hideki Yamane     henrich @ debian.org/iijmio-mail.jp