Package: debootstrap Version: 1.0.106 Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Maintainer,
-- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers xenial-updates APT policy: (500, 'xenial-updates'), (500, 'xenial-security'), (500, 'xenial'), (100, 'xenial-backports') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-131-generic (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) debootstrap 1.0.106 installs a merged-usr file system by default. Distros that do not use a merged-usr file system are blacklisted in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/. /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/trusty and /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/xenial are symlinked to /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/gutsy. The script for gutsy does not include trusty and xenial as distros blacklisted for merged-usr file system deployment. Consequently, merged-usr file systems are set up, resulting in failure when installation of non-merged-usr packages is attempted. Below please find patch to blacklist trusty and xenial from merged-usr file system deployment. --- gutsy.a 2018-08-10 14:37:30.569331851 -0700 +++ gutsy.b 2018-08-10 14:32:24.633067670 -0700 @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ work_out_debs () { first_stage_install () { case "$CODENAME" in # "merged-usr" blacklist for past releases - gutsy|hardy|intrepid|jaunty|karmic|lucid|maverick|natty|oneiric|precise|quantal|raring|saucy|utopic|vivid|wily|yakkety|zesty|artful|bionic|cosmic) + gutsy|hardy|intrepid|jaunty|karmic|lucid|maverick|natty|oneiric|precise|quantal|raring|saucy|trusty|utopic|vivid|wily|xenial|yakkety|zesty|artful|bionic|cosmic) [ -z "$MERGED_USR" ] && MERGED_USR="no" ;; *)