Hi Trent, Quoting Trent W. Buck (2019-08-08 07:46:56) > I regularly debootstrap on the far end of an SSH connection. > This is approximately > > ssh otherplace debootstrap buster /tmp/x http://apt/debian > > When I try this with mmdebstrap, it hangs forever waiting for a > sources.list on stdin, EVEN THOUGH I have supplied one on the CLI. > > ssh otherplace mmdebstrap buster /tmp/x http://apt/debian > [...] > I: Reading sources.list from standard input... > > This is because mmdebstrap:1957 assumes if stdin is either a tty, or is a > sources.list. > > From the manpage, I think this should happen IF AND ONLY IF the mirrors > argument is "-" > > <a mmdebstrap x y z # ignore stdin (mirrors are "z") > <a mmdebstrap x y - # read from stdin (mirrors are "a") > <a mmdebstrap x y # ignore stdin (mirrors are default) > > You can reproduce other silly behaviours with: > > mmdebstrap <&- > mmdebstrap </dev/zero > > As a workaround, "mmdebstrap </dev/null" seems to work. > > > PS: I set DEBIAN_FRONTEND &c, so postinsts don't need a tty either.
wow, this is an excellent bugreport, thanks! I'd still love to retain the current interface *and* solve this issue when using it over ssh. I'll investigate. Thanks! cheers, josch
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