Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Tags: d-i Hi,
when comparing netboot.tar.gz images for different architectures, I noticed a difference in the structure of the archives. For the armhf netboot archive [1], I get: $ tar tzf netboot_armhf.tar.gz debian-installer/armhf/tftpboot.scr debian-installer/armhf/initrd.gz debian-installer/armhf/vmlinuz debian-installer/armhf/dtbs/ […] debian-installer/armhf/dtbs/am335x-baltos-ir5221.dtb debian-installer/armhf/dtbs/am335x-baltos-ir3220.dtb debian-installer/armhf/dtbs/am335x-baltos-ir2110.dtb boot.scr.uimg For the amd64 achive [2] (the same for i386 with s/amd64/i386/, but also for arm64 with s/amd64/arm64/): $ tar tzf netboot_amd64.tar.gz ./ ./debian-installer/ ./debian-installer/amd64/ ./debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/ ./debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/adtxt.cfg […] ./debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz ./debian-installer/amd64/linux ./debian-installer/amd64/pxelinux.0 ./debian-installer/amd64/pxelinux.cfg/ ./debian-installer/amd64/pxelinux.cfg/default ./ldlinux.c32 ./pxelinux.0 ./pxelinux.cfg ./version.info Note the absent './'-directory in the armhf archive paths as well as the missing 'version.info'. The first issue is relevant when unpacking the archives with '--strip-components=X', where armhf needs X-1 compared to amd64/arm64/i386. Including the 'version.info' would ease handling all archives automatically in the same way (for example in 'di-netboot-assistant'). Thanks and best regards, Andi [1] wget https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-armhf/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz -O netboot_armhf.tar.gz [2] wget https://cdn-aws.deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz -O netboot_amd64.tar.gz
