Package: mmdebstrap Severity: normal X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected] Dear maintainer,
I am using mmdebstrap in combination with cowbuilder / pbuilder. Initially a chroot created using mmdebstrap comes with an empty file /var/lib/dpkg/available. This confuses aptitude which I wouldn't care much about but pbuilder uses aptitude internally. ++ chroot /var/cache/pbuilder/cow.cow_amd64/cow.14818 cow-shell env XDG_CACHE_HOME=/root aptitude -y --without-recommends -o APT::Install-Recommends=false -o Aptitude::ProblemResolver::StepScore=100 -o 'Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Hints::KeepDummy=reject pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy :UNINST' -o Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Keep-All-Level=55000 -o Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Remove-Essential-Level=maximum install pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy [ ERR] Writing extended state information [ ERR] Building tag database At the same time generating /var/lib/dpkg/available is not obvious anymore in Debian buster. In Debian stretch one could use "dpkg --clear-avail" followed by "apt-get update" but that does no longer work in Debian buster. Solution was found. (Credits [1].) /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/update /var/lib/dpkg apt apt However, it would be nice if mmdebstrap could come with a functional /var/lib/dpkg/available file so mmdebstrap can be used in combination with cowbuilder / pbuilder. Kind regards, Patrick [1] Thanks to Chris Gibson https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/162231/chris-gibson https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/271387/49297
