Hi, Here is an updated patch proposal. It is supposed that the relevant parts [2] of the patch proposal [1] for bug #964248 are applied.
I hope it will help to find a solution. Regards, JH Chatenet [1] : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=964248#52 [2] : Here is an excerpt of the patch proposal for bug #964248. It sets the variable 'is_ports_architecture' and defines a debconf variable 'base-installer/no_unreleased'. Both are used in this patch proposal. ---------------------8<---------------------------8<------------------ diff -Naur a/base-installer-1.195/debian/bootstrap-base.templates b/base-installer-1.195/debian/bootstrap-base.templates --- a/base-installer-1.195/debian/bootstrap-base.templates 2019-11-17 22:17:31.000000000 +0100 +++ b/base-installer-1.195/debian/bootstrap-base.templates 2020-08-04 12:17:13.288662639 +0200 @@ -452,3 +452,10 @@ Type: string Description: for internal use; can be preseeded Force use of a specific debootstrap script + +Template: base-installer/no_unreleased +Type: boolean +Default: false +Description: for internal use; can be preseeded + Do not consider packages from the unreleased distribution. + diff -Naur a/base-installer-1.195/library.sh b/base-installer-1.195/library.sh --- a/base-installer-1.195/library.sh 2020-07-05 21:34:10.000000000 +0200 +++ b/base-installer-1.195/library.sh 2020-08-04 12:22:18.410175655 +0200 @@ -888,13 +888,9 @@ rm -f "$KERNEL_LIST" "$KERNEL_LIST.unfiltered" } -is_ports_architecture() { - case "$1" in - alpha|hppa|hurd-i386|ia64|kfreebsd-amd64|kfreebsd-i386|m68k|powerpc|ppc64|riscv64|sh4|sparc64|x32) - return 0 - ;; - *) - return 1 - ;; - esac -} +is_ports_architecture= +if [ -r /usr/lib/choose-mirror/port_architecture ]; then + log "Debian-Ports architecture detected" + is_ports_architecture=$(cat /usr/lib/choose-mirror/port_architecture) +fi + ---------------------8<---------------------------8<------------------ And here is the patch proposal : # Allows for packages in the 'unreleased' distribution at the # configure_apt stage on unreleased architectures from the # Debian-Ports repository. # # configure_apt sets up a temporary sources.list file which is used to # install kernel packages or extra packages at install_kernel and # install_extra stages. The requested packages may be found in the # 'unreleased' distribution on debian-ports architectures. # diff -Naur a/base-installer-1.195/library.sh b/base-installer-1.195/library.sh --- a/base-installer-1.195/library.sh 2020-07-05 21:34:10.000000000 +0200 +++ b/base-installer-1.195/library.sh 2020-08-04 12:49:33.410283183 +0200 @@ -881,6 +881,23 @@ APTSOURCE="$PROTOCOL://$MIRROR$DIRECTORY" echo "deb $APTSOURCE $DISTRIBUTION $COMPONENTS" > $APT_SOURCES + + if [ "$is_ports_architecture" != "1" ] || \ + [ "$DISTRIBUTION" != "sid" ] && \ + [ "$DISTRIBUTION" != "unstable" ]; then + # This is a released architecture : nothing to do + : + else # This is an unreleased architecture in the Debian-Ports repository + # Both suites 'unstable' and 'unreleased' may be needed + + # Did the user decline to consider the 'unreleased' suite ? + # (e.g. if installing from a custom mirror without 'unreleased') + if ! db_get base-installer/no_unreleased || [ "$RET" != true ]; then + echo "deb $APTSOURCE unreleased $COMPONENTS" >> $APT_SOURCES + else + log "As requested the 'unreleased' distribution is skipped" + fi + fi fi }
