On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 10:54:43PM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 05:23:50PM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:51:59 -0500 > > George Kumengi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Everything works fine until I get a "Base system installation error"" > > > debootstrap program exited with an error (return value 1) > > > > > > Virtual Console 3 says: > > > tar: Unrecognised file type > > > > The error means busybox doesnt know if the file being extracted is a > > regular file or directory or symlink etc, which is very strange, ive not > > seen the error triggered before (and i wrote the code). > > > > I would really like to know what triggered it. Any idea which debian > > package > > or tarfile it was trying to extract ? > > I don't know which package is at fault, but it sounds like fallout > from bug 230872.
I see this too, furthermore, i seem to be no more given the choice of installing testing or unstable. Anyway, i just wanted to say that it would be very helpfull if the debootstrap failure message would include also a mention to the package which triggered the failure. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
