Hi, In some circumstances, debootstrap may fail to download 'Packages' files if the option --extra-suite=unreleased is in use (it doesn't happen with the debian-ports mirrors but with custom mirrors). It seems that it is caused by a forgotten 'local' declaration in the patch merged.
In the details : commit [1] added loop variables in functions 'validate_suite' and 'download_release_indices'. Both loop variables are named "s". And 'download_release_indices' calls 'validate_suite'. As a result, 'validate_suite' alters the value of the loop variable "s" of the calling function 'download_release_indices' with surprising outcome. A 'local' declaration of variables "s" would help. I hope it will help ! Regards, [1]: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debootstrap/-/commit/868687581b56a5ffcaaf0e44100798f5feb747ff diff -Naur a/debootstrap/functions b/debootstrap/functions --- a/debootstrap/functions 2020-03-14 01:53:38.000000000 +0100 +++ b/debootstrap/functions 2020-08-19 11:56:42.255998139 +0200 @@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ CODENAME="" validate_suite () { local reldest suite + local s reldest="$1" CODENAME=$(sed -n "s/^Codename: *//p" "$reldest") @@ -654,6 +655,7 @@ local m1 inreldest reldest relsigdest totalpkgs \ subpath xzi bz2i gzi normi i ext \ donepkgs pkgdest acquirebyhash + local s m1="${MIRRORS%% *}" for s in $SUITE $EXTRA_SUITES; do inreldest="$TARGET/$($DLDEST rel "$s" "$m1" "dists/$s/InRelease")"
