[Pkg-ltsp-devel] Bug#451567: /usr/sbin/ltsp-build-client: chroot bootstrapping fails

[vagrant at freegeek.org]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:46:05PM -0500, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 06:35:54PM -0800, vagrant at freegeek.org wrote:
> > can you manually create a chroot:
> > 
> >  debootstrap etch /tmp/etch http://miami:9999/ 
> 
> Actually, it looks like a debootstrap bug.  I get the exact same error
> using your suggested command.
 
> > it's possible there's something broken with your mirror- maybe try
> > ltsp-build-client with the standard mirrors.
> > 
> I get the exact same error with using http.us.debian.org for a mirror.

i just tried on a clean etch install with http.us.debian.org as a
mirror, and it worked fine.

does /opt/ltsp/i386 exist?  if a problem occurs during a build, it's
advisable to remove /opt/ltsp/i386 before trying again.  could you try
again after removing /opt/ltsp/i386? (newer versions of ltsp error out
when /opt/ltsp/i386 exists)

possibly a build with your local mirror caused a problem that even when
re-trying with http.us.debian.org would fail...

is your local mirror using apt-proxy, apt-cacher, or some other dynamic
proxy?

> I guess the bug is in debootstrap.  Also, is there a way to make
> ltsp-build-client use cdebootstrap instead?

no, there is no option to use cdebootstrap. 

however, you could override debootstrap by copying
/usr/share/ltsp/plugins/ltsp-build-client/Debian/010-debootstrap to
/etc/ltsp/plugins/ltsp-build-client/010-debootstrap, and modify
/etc/ltsp/plugins/ltsp-build-client to use cdebootstrap instead.

but i would first try building using only cdebootstrap (not
ltsp-build-client) to see if you get similar problems with your mirror.

live well,
  vagrant