I revised 2 files along the lines of
tjcw@debian:~/lb$ fgrep -A 2 -r firmware-linux /usr/lib/live/build
/usr/lib/live/build/chroot_firmware:# Manually add firmware-linux meta
package if available
/usr/lib/live/build/chroot_firmware:# 20230806 tjcw firmware-linux no
longer shipped as separate package
/usr/lib/live/build/chroot_firmware:#if [ $(apt-cache show
"^firmware-linux$" 2> /dev/null | grep "^Package:" | wc -l) -eq 1 ]
/usr/lib/live/build/chroot_firmware-#then
/usr/lib/live/build/chroot_firmware:#
FIRMWARE_PACKAGES="${FIRMWARE_PACKAGES} firmware-linux"
/usr/lib/live/build/chroot_firmware-#fi
/usr/lib/live/build/chroot_firmware-
--
/usr/lib/live/build/installer_debian-installer: # Manually add
firmware-linux meta package if available
/usr/lib/live/build/installer_debian-installer: #
20230806 tjcw no firmware-linux any more
/usr/lib/live/build/installer_debian-installer: #if [ $(apt-cache
show "^firmware-linux$" 2> /dev/null | grep "^Package:" | wc -l) -eq 1 ]
/usr/lib/live/build/installer_debian-installer- #then
/usr/lib/live/build/installer_debian-installer: #
FIRMWARE_PACKAGES="${FIRMWARE_PACKAGES} firmware-linux"
/usr/lib/live/build/installer_debian-installer- #fi
/usr/lib/live/build/installer_debian-installer-
tjcw@debian:~/lb$
and now I can run the live builds that I want to run
Chris Ward.