I didn't find a package named a2ps-amd64, but there is on named a2ps.
Also maybe try
--debian-installer daily
instead of
--debian-installer live
Just my 2cents
Ozi
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Peter.Stein <peter.st...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Package: live-build
> Version: 1:20161216
>
> I configure with:
>
> lb config --debian-installer live -d stretch --archive-areas main contrib
> non-free upstream restricted --linux-packages `dpkg-query -f
> '${binary:Package}\n' -W`
>
> This configures the target for the same packages as those installed on the
> build host. It seems to correctly configure:
>
> P: Creating config tree for a debian/stretch/amd64 system
> P: Symlinking hooks...
>
> Now whenever a build (lb build) is attempted it fails in the same way.
> The build chugs along retrieving/verifying/unpacking packages. So far so
> good.
> But the build eventually fails with:
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> [2016-12-31 14:30:15] lb chroot_install-packages install
> P: Begin installing packages (install pass)...
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> *E: Unable to locate package a2ps-amd64*
> P: Begin unmounting filesystems...
> P: Saving caches...
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
>
> Note
>
> *E: Unable to locate package a2ps-amd64 *a2ps happens to be the first
> package in my package list. It doesn't matter which package is first - the
> build appends the suffix "-amd64" to create an illegal package name (no
> such package exists). As there are no options for either "lb config" or "lb
> build" which affect this behavior I'm concluding this is a bug. I've
> scoured all the documentation such as
> https://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/live-manual/stable/
> manual/html/live-manual.en.html
> and spent hours googling for answers or workarounds without success.
> Please advise.
>
> Build host:
> uname -a
> Linux nehalem 4.1.17 #2 SMP Sun Feb 14 22:42:14 CST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
