[Vmdebootstrap-devel] Bug#836243: vmdebootstrap: Releases which are recognised by Debootstrap are not always recognised by Vmdebootstrap

[Will Holland]

Package: vmdebootstrap
Version: 1.6-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Dear Maintainer,

Debootstrap allows releases which are not in Debian or Ubuntu if a config file
with the same name is in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts. On the other hand,
vmdebootstrap will fail if the specified distribution is not recognised as
being in Debian or Ubuntu.

A potential solution to this would be to have an option to specify where debootstrap scripts are and then check if the distribution option is the name of a script there, as in the patch I put here

https://github.com/williamholland/vmdebootstrap/commit/509c9fa7943954285c632057b09d782b6c59a328

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: unable to detect

Versions of packages vmdebootstrap depends on:
ii  debootstrap         1.0.81
ii  kpartx              0.6.2-2
ii  libjs-sphinxdoc     1.4.5-1
ii  parted              3.2-15
ii  python-cliapp       1.20160724-1
ii  python-distro-info  0.14
ii  python2.7           2.7.12-2
pn  python:any          <none>
ii  qemu-utils          1:2.6+dfsg-3

Versions of packages vmdebootstrap recommends:
ii  dosfstools        4.0-2
ii  extlinux          3:6.03+dfsg-14
ii  grub2-common      2.02~beta2-36
ii  python-guestfs    1:1.32.7-1
ii  qemu-system       1:2.6+dfsg-3
ii  qemu-user-static  1:2.6+dfsg-3
ii  squashfs-tools    1:4.3-3

Versions of packages vmdebootstrap suggests:
pn  cmdtest       <none>
pn  mbr           <none>
pn  pandoc        <none>
pn  u-boot:armhf  <none>

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