Package: cdebootstrap Version: 0.3.9 Trying to cdebootstrap woody fails at
P: Extracting textutils P: Extracting bash P: Extracting findutils P: Doing something important E: Couldn't install root! With --verbose, it is apparent that dpkg is saying: O: dpkg: can't mmap package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status': Invalid argument Running the following code exhibits that something seems to be wrong. # strace -f chroot woody.2/ dpkg -l open("/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/var/lib/dpkg/status", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|S_ISGID|0544, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 0, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) write(2, "dpkg: can\'t mmap package info fi"..., 76dpkg: can't mmap package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/status': Invalid argument ) = 76 close(-16776) = -1 EBADF (Bad file descriptor) _exit(2) = ? I am supposing this is a bug of libc6 in woody not being compatible with the current kernel. Linux dancer64 2.6.14-rc3dancer-gedb4a353 #1 Fri Oct 7 10:59:13 JST 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux regards, junichi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]