Package: debootstrap
Version: 1.0.10
Tags: patch
Hello,
right now, cross-debootstrapping a hurd-i386 system (from i386, e.g.)
fails (silently) in first stage after extracting packages.
This is because debootstrap runs setup_devices in first stage, and we
cannot setup the Hurd translators at this point when running
GNU/Linux because the necessary tools and kernel support is not
available[1].
Would it be possible to move the setup_devices call to second stage, at
least when ARCH=hurd-i386? I assume setting up the devices is required
for Linux arches when using --foreign, so that a boot into the new
system will have a /dev tree and might fail otherwise.
We modified the hurd package so that it can boot fine after just being
unpacked without the need for having translators/devices setup, i.e. the
debootstrap --foreign case.
I've attached a patch which works for my case, though it might not be
the most elegant solution.
thanks,
Michael
[1] There has been a Linux kernel patch which adds support in ext2 for
passive Hurd translators as extended attributes, making them
readable/writable via f{get,set}xattr, but this one is out-of-tree
--- /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/sid 2008-07-02 17:44:35.000000000 +0200
+++ sid 2008-09-12 20:37:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@
cp "$TARGET/usr/bin/md5sum.textutils" "$TARGET/usr/bin/md5sum"
fi
- if doing_variant fakechroot; then
- setup_devices_fakechroot
- else
- setup_devices
+ if [ "$ARCH" != "hurd-i386" ]; then
+ if doing_variant fakechroot; then
+ setup_devices_fakechroot
+ else
+ setup_devices
+ fi
fi
x_feign_install () {
@@ -79,6 +81,14 @@
}
second_stage_install () {
+ if [ "$ARCH" = "hurd-i386" ]; then
+ if doing_variant fakechroot; then
+ setup_devices_fakechroot
+ else
+ setup_devices
+ fi
+ fi
+
x_core_install () {
smallyes '' | in_target dpkg --force-depends --install $(debfor "$@")
}
