Bug#480998: some debootstrap variants fail when run under sudo

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 03:22:00PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > I'd need to see your debootstrap.log to make any guesses about what is If/when it fails again, I'll attach one. In the meantime, switching from mirrors.kernel.org to ftp.us.debian.org has cleared up the problem, but does that mean that

Bug#480998: fails under sudo for root, too

The issue seems very much related to sudo, as running it as root but via sudo creates a similar problem: # sudo debootstrap --arch=i386 --variant=buildd --include=sudo,locales,less sid sid-build-ia32 http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ I: Retrieving Release I: Retrieving Packages I:

Bug#480998: some debootstrap variants fail when run under sudo

Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.8 Severity: important Some of the variants fail when run using sudo, instead of when logged in as root. In particular, buildd and the standard install will fail, while minbase will succeed. $ sudo debootstrap --arch=i386 --variant=buildd --include=sudo,locales,l