Bug#598991: live-build 3.0a4 exits with error when using option "--source true"

[Mark Schneider <ms@it-infrastrukturen.org>]

On 09.10.2010 21:42, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On 09/10/10 09:48 AM, Mark Schneider wrote:
>    
> > "lb build" stopped with the following error message:
> >
> > W: Failed to fetch
> > file:/live/image/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  File not
> > found
> >      
> What, in your config, would create a Packages.gz in this location?  I
> could find no option in the supplied config that would do that.  So
> unless I am missing something, there is an error in your config and not
> a bug here.  That is, I would expect apt to attempt to generate indices
> for everything listed in /etc/apt/sources* -- isn't this what is
> supposed to happen?  And yes, I see you have --binary-indices false, but
> that only governs the final disposition of indices when the image is
> built and does not guarantee that apt won't be run during the binary
> stage.  If your intent is to add apt sources that aren't actually valid
> until the image is booted, then you must defer adding the sources lines
> to the binary image config until the image is booted too.
>
> Please fill me in on anything I may have missed that would invalidate my
> analysis.
>
> Ben
>    

I didn't check the current lb code. As I have included lists of packages 
(in binary_local-packageslists)
to be placed into the local repo (without installing them in chroot-env) 
I was expecting that
lb would handle it to create such file (and I mean that it happens 
also). The problem is that
the whole "/live/image/debian/..." doesn't exist when you run "apt-get 
update" during "lb build".
In my patch (I *didn't use it* for this test) I was commenting out the 
active lines in "live-media.list"
before the lb code executed "apt-get update" and reverting it after as I 
don't know enough the flow
in Daniels code. I have checked it many times and it was always working 
for me (my patch).

This issue was just another one (s. subject line). I have had errors 
with "--source true" activated in the setting.
With lb 3.0-a5 havn't got any errors more. I am just creating a live 
image with lb 2.0 to retest it
as I had in the past also troubles with creating of the source file.

Thanks a lot for your analysis.

regards,
Mark

PS. just successfully finished creating live image with current lb 2.0 
(--source true) *without* any errors

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