Re: base*.tgz is gone, and why it's gone
Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
> On 15 Jun 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
> > Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
> >
> > > I've been downloading these files for a test session, and I can't find the
> > > base tarball. Where can I find this file? It is normally in the images
> > > directories, but I can't find it.
> >
> > There is no base tarball anymore. The functionality has been
> > superceeded by debootstrap (the package).
> >
> > FYI, what debootstrap does is simply download (or get from CD) the
> > packages in base at runtime. Essentially, it replaces the
> > bootdisks.sh script in boot-floppies -- we used to build the base
> > system at boot-floppies build time.
>
> I just looked in dists/woody/main/binary-i386/base, and there are not
> enough packages there for a base system. (missing libc among other
> important base packages)
>
> This can't possibly be correct!
>
> Where do I find a complete set, and how do I set them up?
I don't have an answer for you. The list of packages needed are in
debootstrap.
File a bug on debootstrap so that it could perhaps download the
packages but not build base. You could use that to construct a local
mirror.
Alternative of course is to buy a gold CD of woody or whatever dist
you were working from...
Sorry for the inconvenience... but I really think its for the best.
Hacking debootstrap to construct a local mirror of base shouldn't be
too hard. I can perhaps help make a patch or hack on debootstrap to
get this done if you guys really need it and no one else is able to...
--
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onshore.com.....<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>
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