On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 21:54:16 +0200, RhineDevil <tanyadegurech...@disroot.org> wrote: >I've looked up /usr/share/debootstrap/functions and I've seen some perl code >Can I know why perl is a requirement if pkgdetails.c is not found? >What does this code do exactly and why wasn't it translated to shell?
As far as I remember, the perl code is used to resolve the package dependencies for the stage 1 install where no Debian-specific thing other than debootstrap is expected to be present. Writing it in shell would probably be way slower. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
