[ +jak +deity ]

On 2017-10-25 12:38, Petr Cech wrote:
apt 1.6~alpha removed binary package apt-transport-https and therefor
debootstrap with a https URL fails with dependency error:

I: Checking component main on https://deb.debian.org/debian...
E: Couldn't find these debs: apt-transport-https

Following patch fixes it for current sid distribution.

--- sid.orig    2017-10-25 12:31:16.729013116 +0200
+++ sid 2017-10-25 12:31:29.789138601 +0200
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@

        case $MIRRORS in
            https://*)
-               base="$base apt-transport-https ca-certificates"
+               base="$base ca-certificates"
                ;;
        esac
 }

Can we please have a transitional package? I don't think it's particularly helpful to try and patch all debootstraps out there to install properly over https if we can avoid it by having an empty transitional package for now.

Kind regards and thanks
Philipp Kern

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