perl necessary for debootstrap, why?

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? pgpGr5PTgqWTj.pgp Description: Firma digitale OpenPGP

Re: Proposed changes to sbuild and debootstrap

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:47:42 + Simon McVittie : > On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 at 20:33:22 +0100, RhineDevil wrote: > > I ask the teams responsible for sbuild and debootstrap development > > permission to integrate these changes > > If you have made changes to sbuild and debootstr

Proposed changes to sbuild and debootstrap

As now sbuild and debootstrap manage chroots on per-suite basis, they rely on scripts present in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts. This poses a problem, as suite names from different distros may occasionally overlap, as happened with debian/devuan jessie. After the split Debian continued to use its