Bug#372937: [Pkg-uml-pkgs] Bug#372937: rootstrap: add support for non-debian .deb archives

[Mattia Dongili]

Hello,

On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 04:11:38PM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
[...]
> My local solution was the following:
> - my gpg key is available in a package on the local mirror and the
>   postinst script installs this key with apt-key add
> - patched modules/debian:
>   * install packages listed in [debian]keyrings= with --force-yes to
>     override the missing trust
>   * run apt-get update (to trust packages from the local archive)
>   * install the packages from [debian]install= which now may contain
>     local packages, too
> The patch for rootstrap.conf, modules/debian is attached, but probably
> needs more eyes and thoughts before it's applied.

why not just run apt-get with -y --force-yes _always_?
Or optionally if say the force_untrusted option (to be implemented)
is set to yes/true.
It seems lees complicate for those who can't/don't want to set up a
package with the key itself.

[...]
> diff -ur modules/debian modules.org3/debian
> --- modules/debian	2006-06-12 16:06:58.000000000 +0200
> +++ modules.org3/debian	2006-06-12 04:42:40.000000000 +0200
> @@ -62,17 +62,11 @@
>    install -m 644 /etc/hosts $TARGET/etc/hosts
>  fi
>  
> -if test -n "$install" || test -n "$keyrings"; then
> +if test -n "$install"; then
>      divert $TARGET/sbin/start-stop-daemon
>      chroot $TARGET mount -t proc proc /proc
>      chroot $TARGET apt-get update
> -    if test -n "$keyrings"; then
> -        chroot $TARGET apt-get -y --force-yes install $keyrings
> -        chroot $TARGET apt-get update

Ooops, reverted patch :)

-- 
mattia
:wq!