[Guillem Jover] > Was it obvious from the log when did it start to warn?
Yes. It happened while deboostrap was running. Just after e2fsprogs was configured and before adduser was unpacked: Dec 1 17:16:00 debootstrap: Setting up sysvinit (2.88dsf-34) ... Dec 1 17:16:00 debootstrap: sysvinit: creating /run/initctl Dec 1 17:16:00 debootstrap: Not restarting sysvinit: init not running Dec 1 17:16:00 debootstrap: Setting up e2fsprogs (1.42.5-1) ... Dec 1 17:16:00 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 35 package 'libc-bin': Dec 1 17:16:00 debootstrap: missing description [...] Dec 1 17:16:01 debootstrap: missing description Dec 1 17:16:01 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 3870 package 'whiptail': Dec 1 17:16:01 debootstrap: missing description Dec 1 17:16:01 debootstrap: (Reading database ... Dec 1 17:16:01 debootstrap: 6256 files and directories currently installed.) Dec 1 17:16:01 debootstrap: Unpacking adduser (from .../adduser_3.113+nmu3_all.deb) ... Dec 1 17:16:01 debootstrap: Unpacking libstdc++6:i386 (from .../libstdc++6_4.7.2-4_i386.deb) ... Dec 1 17:16:01 debootstrap: Unpacking libapt-pkg4.12:i386 (from .../libapt-pkg4.12_0.9.7.6_i386.deb) ... Dec 1 17:16:02 debootstrap: Unpacking gpgv (from .../gpgv_1.4.12-6_i386.deb) ... > Maybe the file was not right from the start; I'm not sure if d-i > populates it. No idea. :) -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org