Re: Debootstrapping Debian-testing from http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ and http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ fails -"faulty" package ifupdown_0.8.6_amd64.deb, no more file retrieval with apt-get install from inside chroot after base package retrieval

[sbeck@secure.mailbox.org]

Hi Niels,

> Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> hat am 13. Januar 2016 um 08:07
> geschrieben:
> 
> 
> sbeck@secure.mailbox.org:
> > Hi Niels,
> > 
> > 
> >> [...]
> > that's where it was at. Thanks. I forgot to search the BTS :-( Now, I
> > have
> > read it.
> > Does that imply that there is currently no way of installing more than
> > the
> > base packages when debootstrapping debian-testing? (...)
> 
> Indeed, I suspect that testing is unbootstrapable atm. (but it will be
> again in a few days).  There are a couple of work arounds that may (or
> may not) be suitable for you:
> 
>  * bootstrap from snapshot.debian.org
>    - Pick a time+date before ifupdown migrated to testing (see [1])
>  * bootstrap from stable and upgrade from there
>  * bootstrap unstable
> 

thanks, very kind of you.
I'll snapshot testing and if it works I'll be --quiet, if not, I'ill put
the --verbose option. :-)
Thanks for your kind help, Cindy, too. We may even set up a debootstrap
team. :-)

Cheers,

Stephan