Colin, et al -- ...and then Colin Watson said... % % On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 04:43:43PM -0400, David T-G wrote: % > % > debootstrap --arch i386 --verbose stable /mnt/suse81 file:///mnt/empty/ % > % > (and also 'woody' in place of 'stable') but it puked on adduser. % % Can you show exactly what happened, rather than just saying "it puked"? Sure; sorry. I forgot that I had written this whole thing once before but *not* sent it. It's only fair to give you all of the info now :-) hp:~ # debootstrap --arch i386 --verbose sarge /mnt/suse81 file:///mnt/empty/ I: Validating debootstrap.invalid_dists_sarge_Release I: Validating debootstrap.invalid_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages I: Checking adduser... I: Checking apt... I: Checking apt-utils... I: Checking aptitude... I: Checking at... I: Checking base-config... I: Checking base-files... I: Checking base-passwd... ... I: Checking whiptail... I: Checking zlib1g... I: Retrieving adduser E: Couldn't download adduser hp:~ # debootstrap --arch i386 --verbose --exclude=adduser sarge /mnt/suse81 file:///mnt/empty/ I: Validating debootstrap.invalid_dists_sarge_Release I: Validating debootstrap.invalid_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages I: Checking apt... I: Checking apt-utils... I: Checking aptitude... I: Checking at... I: Checking base-config... I: Checking base-files... I: Checking base-passwd... ... I: Checking whiptail... I: Checking zlib1g... I: Retrieving apt E: Couldn't download apt hp:~ # du -skh /mnt/empty/dists/ 668M /mnt/empty/dists % % Cheers, % % -- % Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk] Thanks again & HAND :-D -- David T-G davidtg@justpickone.org http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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