On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 01:44:52PM +0200, Olliver Schinagl wrote: >Package: debootstrap >Version: 1.0.89 >Severity: normal > >Dear Maintainer, > >Trying to run debootstrap with just acl (the first package in the list) fails >at unpacking due to a missing xzcat > >sudo debootstrap --merged-usr --variant=minbase --components=main,non-free >--include=acl jessie /tmp/debtest http://deb.debian.org/debian > >I: Chosen extractor for .deb packages: ar >I: Extracting acl... >E: Extracting .//var/cache/apt/archives/acl_2.2.52-2_amd64.deb requires the >xzcat command, which is not available >$ which xzcat >/usr/bin/xzcat > > >changing /bin/sh -> dash fixes it, but I would have figued that if debootstrap >has its shebang set to /bin/sh, it would work with any posix shell, including >posh. > >(I read the warning: >WARNING: Since many of Debian's /bin/sh scripts are not actually policy- >compliant, using posh as your /bin/sh may reveal breakage.)
Just tested this - it appears that posh doesn't include "type", which is what debootstrap is using to check what's available. I don't personally know if "type" is a hard requirement in a posix shell here. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs." -- Mike Andrews
