It seems like debootstrap's not validating the extract files correctly for the build.
make resc1440apus.bin driversapus.tgz make[1]: Entering directory `/home/toff/boot-floppies' ./rootdisk.sh "" /archive/debian/download 3700 3.0 "apus" C "" I: internationalized mode enabled I: ld.so on this architecture is ld.so.1 I: i18n mode, building with addl languages en pt de pl fr es ja sv it hu I: i18n mode, increasing available blocks and inodes I: downloading required packages from files /home/toff/boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/EXTRACT_LIST_all /home/toff/boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/EXTRACT_LIST_powerpc_apus /home/toff/boot-floppies/scripts/rootdisk/EXTRACT_LIST_i18n I: Validating /archive/debian/download/var/lib/apt/lists/debootstrap.invalid_dists_sid_Release I: Validating /archive/debian/download/var/lib/apt/lists/debootstrap.invalid_dists_sid_main_binary-powerpc_Packages I: Retrieving http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/newt/libnewt-utf8-0_0.50.17-7.1_powerpc.deb E: Couldn't download libnewt-utf8-0 E: ./rootdisk.sh abort make[1]: *** [rootapus.bin] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/toff/boot-floppies' make: *** [build] Error 2 Obsession:/home/toff/boot-floppies# exit exit This is in rootdisk.sh where David's patch switches the libnewt's. But the libnewt-utf version on the website for powerpc is ....17-7.3_powerpc.deb rather than 17-7.1 which was downloaded in the EXTRACT_LIST sometime earlier. I think those are debootstrap messages, the I: Validating ... ones, but I don't think they're working correctly, or else it would figure out the version number doesn't match and update the EXTRACT_LIST. Right? -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]