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@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +README for debootstrap +====================== + +See the manpage for (some) documentation. + +Running debootstrap from source +------------------------------- + +You can run debootstrap from its source tree without installing it. This +can be useful if you want a quick way to make a Debian chroot on another +system, or if you are testing modifications to debootstrap. + +First, get the source. + +* Either by using git + git clone https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/debootstrap.git + +* Or by visiting <https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/debootstrap> + and downloading the tar.gz file + +Then in the debootstrap source directory: + + export DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR=`pwd` + sudo ./debootstrap stable my-stable-dir + +If you are running a multi-stage boot strap (for example for a QEMU +rootfs) you don't even need root: + + export DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR=`pwd` + fakeroot ./debootstrap --foreign --arch=armhf testing my-testing-dir http://deb.debian.org/debian + +Of course you will need to execute the second stage as root to finish the bootstrap: + + (on foreign hardware) + /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage + + +Future +------ + + * Cross-strap support - so you can bootstrap a filesystem to the + point where it will successfully boot, and finish installing itself + without having to be running the target architecture or OS yourself. + This means you should be able to run + + debootstrap --arch powerpc sarge ./sarge-ppc-chroot ... + + on an i386 system, boot a powerpc box with sarge-ppc-chroot as its + root files system, and have it "work". The cross-hurd package does + something similar, and should be replaced by this feature. + + * There should be some (better) way of telling debootstrap what "base" + packages you want to install -- this varies between making a chroot, + doing an install, and doing a buildd. Also, some installs want + different base packages (to setup networking, or kernels, eg) + + +NMUing +------ + +If there's a problem with debootstrap that you need fixed, feel free to do +an NMU to fix it. Usual rules: try not to break anything, and mail the +patch to the BTS. Don't worry about asking first though. + +However, note that debootstrap is now team maintained. Anyone in d-i can do +a release without the bother of a NMU. |