On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:24:54 +0100 Rebecca Palmer <rebecca_pal...@zoho.com> wrote: > An (untested) way to fix this bug without needing it would be to put the > unpack and configure steps in a single retry loop (instead of the two > separate retry loops at scripts/sid:187-197), allowing Pre-Depends to be > dealt with the same way as ordinary Depends, i.e. run through the list > repeatedly until everything gets done.
I just tested this change and can confirm that it fixed the bug for me. I had a problem debootstraping a system with resolvconf since it pre-depends on ifupdown. The patch is attached.
debootstrap-sid.patch
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