retitle 350583 debootstrap: relies on sed s///I extension tags 350583 pending thanks
On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 04:13:22PM +0100, Patrik Arvhult wrote: > I am trying to run a bootstrap from Linux 1.2.3 (maybe it is slackware 96) to > debian Sarge. Wow. > (No CDROMS, only floppies/network avail. Using the > debootstrap_0.3.3.tar.gz bootstrapper I found refered to by the debian > webbpages. Actually I didnt find any information on what version to use, > 0.3.3 seems to be the newest one. It's best to just use whatever's most current. debootstrap doesn't tend to drop backward compatibility. > 1) > debootstrap_0.3.3.tar.gz -> file pkgdetails.c > > there is a int "any" declared in a new style. Not very portable and not > feasible if bootstrapping from some old system. Annoying, but good thing > there were only one of these and not zillions ;) > > Change row 43 from "int any=0;" to just "any=0;" > Insert "int any=0;" betwen row 23 and 24. This was fixed a little while ago by Anthony Towns in debootstrap 1.0.0: * Make pkgdetails.c not need C99 extensions. (Closes: Bug#398977) > 2) > > Something similar to a tar -O bug seems to be present in this debootstrap > package, at a glance it seems to be the same error as mentioned at: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2003/05/msg00450.html, bug 193788. That > is another package, but the error seems very similar: > > running "debootstrap --verbose --arch i386 sarge /mnt/debinst \ > http://ftp.debian.org/debian"; > > All packages is downloaded, when unpacking starts it stops with this message: > > dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 2 > package 'dpkg': error in Version string '': version string is empty" As you observe, this is due to using the I flag to sed's s command. I've replaced this as follows, which should work even on your ancient system: - sed -ne 's/^Version: *//Ip' | head -n 1 + grep -i ^Version: | sed -e 's/[^:]*: *//' | head -n 1 Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
