Quoting Benjamin Drung (2022-01-24 16:22:43) > I tested this in a minimal Debian schroot: > > ``` > apt -y install mmdebstrap > mkdir -p preferences.d > printf 'Package: *\nPin: release l=Debian,n=bookworm\nPin-Priority: 400\n' > > preferences.d/bookworm.pref > mmdebstrap -v --variant=minbase \ > --aptopt="Dir::Etc::preferencesparts \"$(pwd)/preferences.d/\"" \ > --include=python3-minimal/bullseye,python3 \ > --essential-hook="copy-in preferences.d/bookworm.pref > /etc/apt/preferences.d" \ > bullseye root.tar \ > "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main" \ > "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main" > ``` > > It fails on a Debian bullseye schroot, but succeeds on an unstable > schroot. Since the mmdebstrap version from unstable needs a newer APT > version, there is no easy way for backporting. > > Is setting `Dir::Etc::preferencesparts` to an absolute path the way to > go forward? In this case it would be nice if I could set > `Dir::Etc::preferencesparts` to something like "$CURDIR/preferences.d/" > and let mmdebstrap resolve it to the absolute path.
to make sure I understand your problem correctly: The mmdebstrap version in unstable is doing exactly what you want/expect but only the version in stable is not doing what you want? Thanks! cheers, josch
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