Hi again, On Sun, 2026-03-29 at 12:09 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > after my long feedback message failed to get some response, I am now > trying to wedge myself into the code. However, building fails. > > I did: > > mr bootstrap https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/d-i/raw/master/.mrconfig > mr update > cd debian-installer/installer/build > > I then proceeded to at least skim installer/build/README. That suggested > that invoking "make" will print the list of available targets. Trial and > error told me that I should be in installer/build. > > I am trying to bulid the unstable installer, and my system is unstable > as well. > > Next thing is make build_netboot. That already fails: > > [17/5680]mh@swivel:~/packages/debian-installer/debian-installer/installer/build > (master|u=) $ make build_netboot
FWIW, I just recommend building the debian-installer package using sbuild so it will be built in a normal chroot and can access the normal Debian mirrors which contain all the udebs. Just make sure that build/config/common has the proper kernel ABI version set. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer `. `' Physicist `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913

