Hi again, The proposed patch is not arch-specific.
I tested only for alpha so far - with a python 3 script 'netabootwrap.py' (attached) to assemble the netboot image : the build dependency 'aboot' for alpha is not usable on amd64. The build dependency check needs to be switched off altogether to proceed. The build finished succesfully. I hope it will help ! Regards, JH Chatenet Here are the details : 1/ Make a sid chroot (as in #919596) but there is no need for a toolchain. debootstrap --variant=buildd sid mychroot export LANG=C mount -t proc proc mychroot/proc chroot mychroot mount -t sysfs sysfs sys mount -t devpts devpts dev/pts -o gid=5,mode=620 2/ Install build-dependencies (amd64 part) sed -i "s/^deb /&[ arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) ] /" etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update && apt-get upgrade apt-get install fakeroot apt-get install debian-ports-archive-keyring apt-get install python3 cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sources.list <<EOF deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main EOF chmod ugo+r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sources.list apt-get update apt-get build-dep debian-installer 3/ Install build-dependencies (alpha part) cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alpha.list <<EOF deb [ arch=alpha ] http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main deb [ arch=alpha ] http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased main EOF chmod ugo+r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/alpha.list dpkg --add-architecture alpha apt-get update apt-get --no-install-recommends install \ gcc-8-base:alpha \ libc6.1:alpha \ libfribidi0:alpha \ libgcc1:alpha \ libkmod2:alpha \ liblzma5:alpha \ libnewt0.52:alpha \ libslang2:alpha 4/ Get the source and patch it (the patch is named 'patch.patch' below) adduser me su - me apt-get source debian-installer (cd debian-installer-20190118 && patch -p1 < ../patch.patch) 5/ Inhibit build-dependency check and install a netabootwrap substitute (netabootwrap.py.gz is attached) : echo "NO_CHECK_BUILD_DEPS=1" >> debian-installer-20190118/build/config/local gunzip netabootwrap.py.gz && \ mv netabootwrap.py debian-installer-20190118/build/util/netabootwrap chmod ugo+rx debian-installer-20190118/build/util/netabootwrap At the time of writing, the kernel abi number should be increased (alpha-specific) : echo "LINUX_KERNEL_ABI = 4.19.0-2" >> debian-installer-20190118/build/config/local 6/ Build it : cd debian-installer-20190118 dpkg-buildpackage -a alpha -d -uc -us
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