Bug#698260: unrecognized option '--package-lists'

[Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@debian.org>]

Package: live-build
Version: 3.0~b5-1
Severity: important

Starting with 3.0~b5-1, the --package-lists option seems to be
broken. This used to work in wheezy:

$ lb config --verbose --package-lists "xfce rescue"
[2013-01-16 00:14:53] lb config --verbose --package-lists xfce rescue
lb config: unrecognized option '--package-lists'

It is also documented in the manpage:

$ man lb_config | grep -- --package-lists | head -1
            [-p|--package-lists LIST|"LISTS"]

But not in the inline help anymore:

$ lb config -h  | grep package-lists
$

What seems obvious is that option is not supported anymore. At the
very least the documentation needs to be updated, however, it's now
unclear to me how to create (e.g.) a "rescue" image, since even the
/usr/share/live/build/package-lists/ directory is gone from this
version.

For the people that find this bug report, those package lists now live
in the live-images git repository, viewable here:

http://live.debian.net/gitweb/?p=live-images.git;a=tree

and clonable from:

git://live.debian.net/git/live-images.git

It seems the way to go forward now is to copy the package-lists
locally. It would be nice if the package lists would still be shipped
with the package so they can be symlinked into place, for example.

-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_CA.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages live-build depends on:
ii  debootstrap  1.0.44

Versions of packages live-build recommends:
ii  cpio                            2.11-8
ii  gnu-fdisk                       1.2.4-3.1
ii  live-boot-doc                   3.0~a35-1
ii  live-config-doc                 3.0~a43-1
ii  live-manual-html [live-manual]  1:3.0~a13-1

Versions of packages live-build suggests:
ii  dosfstools                  3.0.13-1
ii  fakeroot                    1.18.4-2
ii  git                         1:1.7.10.4-1+wheezy1
pn  loadlin                     <none>
ii  memtest86+                  4.20-1.1
ii  mtools                      4.0.17-1
ii  parted                      2.3-11
pn  squashfs-tools | mtd-tools  <none>
ii  sudo                        1.8.5p2-1
pn  syslinux | grub             <none>
pn  uuid-runtime                <none>
pn  win32-loader                <none>
ii  xorriso                     1.2.2-2

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