Re: Run debootstrap twice

2017-08-16 Thread Lennart Sorensen 
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 08:14:27PM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> And, also unfortunately, you don't say why it is not possible. Talk
> about information underload!

The assumption is that you have no files, so that debootstrap can extract
debs, then when enough is there, it can redo the packages properly with
dpkg and end up with a sane state for the packaging system.

If there are already files there, how would debootstrap have a clue how
to end up in a sane state where all the files present are accounted for
in the packaging system?

It only works now, because debootstrap is the only thing that puts files
there and hence knows what to do to make the package system state match
what is there.  It has to require that no files exist when it starts to
end up with something sane.

-- 
Len Sorensen

Re: Run debootstrap twice

2017-08-16 Thread Brian Potkin 
On Wed 16 Aug 2017 at 20:29:17 +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:

> On 16.08.2017 17:38, Sven Schiffner wrote:
> > I don't know if it's a bug or a feature but I'm not able to run debootstrap
> > twice in the same directory. I mean run debootstrap after a successfull run
> > of debootstrap. So is this possible or not?
> 
> Nope. And unfortunately you also don't seem to state why this should
> work in the first place.

And, also unfortunately, you don't say why it is not possible. Talk
about information underload!

-- 
Brian.

Re: Run debootstrap twice

2017-08-16 Thread Philipp Kern 
On 16.08.2017 17:38, Sven Schiffner wrote:
> I don't know if it's a bug or a feature but I'm not able to run debootstrap
> twice in the same directory. I mean run debootstrap after a successfull run
> of debootstrap. So is this possible or not?

Nope. And unfortunately you also don't seem to state why this should
work in the first place.

Kind regards
Philipp Kern



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Run debootstrap twice

2017-08-16 Thread Sven Schiffner 
Hy,
I don't know if it's a bug or a feature but I'm not able to run debootstrap
twice in the same directory. I mean run debootstrap after a successfull run
of debootstrap. So is this possible or not?

Best regards,
Sven