Package: vmdebootstrap Version: 1.7-1 Severity: minor In newer vmdeboostrap versions, I am not sure since when, debootstrap output is hidden from view when launched. This makes it frustratingly hard to figure out what is going on when an image is built.
For example, while building a stretch image here, I got this: Creating disk image Creating partitions Creating filesystem ext4 Mounting /dev/mapper/loop2p1 on /tmp/tmpo5F5FJ Debootstrapping stretch [amd64] [...] The "[...]" happened to hang because of a custom package I added to the build, but I had no way to tell. It's only after 10+ minutes that I started to wonder if something was wrong, and I had to dig through piles of ps axfwu, strace -p and lsof -p to try and understand what was happening. It would be nice if the output was logged somewhere. I expected it to be on stderr or somewhere visible, or at least in the logfile (which I enabled with --log and --log-level debug). -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.6 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages vmdebootstrap depends on: ii debootstrap 1.0.67 ii kpartx 0.5.0-6+deb8u2 ii libjs-sphinxdoc 1.4.6-1~bpo8+1 ii parted 3.2-7 ii python-cliapp 1.20150829-1~bpo8+1 ii python-distro-info 0.14 ii python2.7 2.7.9-2+deb8u1 pn python:any <none> ii qemu-utils 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6 Versions of packages vmdebootstrap recommends: ii dosfstools 3.0.27-1 ii extlinux 3:6.03+dfsg-5+deb8u1 ii grub2-common 2.02~beta2-22+deb8u1 ii python-guestfs 1:1.28.1-1 ii qemu-system 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6 ii qemu-user-static 1:2.1+dfsg-12+deb8u6 ii squashfs-tools 1:4.2+20130409-2 Versions of packages vmdebootstrap suggests: pn cmdtest <none> ii mbr 1.1.11-5+b1 ii pandoc 1.12.4.2~dfsg-1+b14 pn u-boot:armhf <none> -- no debconf information