[Pkg-uml-pkgs] Bug#387938: rootstrap: run apt-get upgrade after installing sources.list?

[Andreas Beckmann]

Package: rootstrap
Version: 0.3.23-1
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

might it be useful, to run apt-get upgrade after installing a custom
sources.list? The new sources.list might contain the security updates
source and there may be newer versions available than installed by
debootstrap.

I tried the following:

to rootstrap.conf, section [debian] I added (below apt_force_yes)

# Run apt-get upgrade after updating the package lists, useful e.g.
# after adding the security updates archive using sources= (see above)
apt_upgrade=true

and to modules/debian I added (between 'apt-get update' and
'apt-get install'):

    if test "$apt_upgrade" = "true"; then
        chroot $TARGET apt-get $apt_options upgrade
    fi

One caveat: this currently only works if $install is not empty.

Furthermore I'd like to have the possibility to run 'apt-get update'
after 'apt-get install', again. I have local packages that install new
trusted keys for some local package archive (using apt_force_yes=true).
Running 'apt-get update' again would refresh the package lists using the
newly configured trusted keys.
(The first package list update is only done if $install is not empty,
too.)


Andreas

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable'), (30, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages rootstrap depends on:
ii  debootstrap                 0.3.3        Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii  dpkg                        1.13.21      package maintenance system for Deb
ii  python                      2.4.3-11     An interactive high-level object-o
ii  user-mode-linux             2.6.17-1um-2 User-mode Linux (kernel)

Versions of packages rootstrap recommends:
ii  uml-utilities                 20060323-3 User-mode Linux (utility programs)

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