tag 179994 + patch thanks. The following patch fixes this problem. I'm somewhat hesitent to apply it though, since I didn't write the original trickery, and I'm still not sure why they didn't use chroot in the first place.
Index: tools/base-installer/debian/postinst =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/debian-installer/tools/base-installer/debian/postinst,v retrieving revision 1.30 diff -u -r1.30 postinst --- tools/base-installer/debian/postinst 4 Feb 2003 17:36:17 -0000 1.30 +++ tools/base-installer/debian/postinst 6 Feb 2003 13:18:48 -0000 @@ -104,17 +104,6 @@ echo "deb ${PROTOCOL}://${MIRROR}${DIRECTORY} ${DISTRIBUTION} main" > /target/etc/apt/sources.list - PATH=$PATH:/target/usr/bin:/target/bin:/target/usr/sbin:/target/sbin \ - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/target/lib:/target/usr/lib \ - /target/usr/bin/apt-get \ - -o Dir::State=/target/var/lib/apt \ - -o Dir::State::status=/target/var/lib/dpkg/status \ - -o Dir::Cache=/target/var/cache/apt \ - -o Dir::Etc=/target/etc/apt \ - -o Dir::Bin::methods=/target/usr/lib/apt/methods \ - -o Dir::Bin::gzip=/target/bin/gzip \ - -o Dir::Bin::dpkg=/target/usr/bin/dpkg \ - -o Dpkg::Options::=--root=/target \ - update + chroot /target /usr/bin/apt-get update fi exit 0 -- CYa, Mario | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> | Get my public key via finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]