Package: mmdebstrap Version: 0.7.5-2 Followup-For: Bug #983301 Update: It seems that mmdebstrap just fails to create the directory: When creating it beforehand and --skip=check/empty, I get progress.
root@isildor:~/mm# rm -rf target3 root@isildor:~/mm# mkdir -p target3/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/ mmdebstrap --mode=chrootless --setup-hook='touch "$1/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/99mmdebstrap"' --aptopt='Acquire::http { Proxy "http://10.243.48.3:3142"; }' --dpkgopt='path-exclude=/usr/share/man/*' --dpkgopt='path-include=/usr/share/man/man[1-9]/*' --dpkgopt='path-exclude=/usr/share/locale/*' --dpkgopt='path-include=/usr/share/locale/locale.alias' --dpkgopt='path-exclude=/usr/share/doc/*' --dpkgopt='path-include=/usr/share/doc/*/copyright' --dpkgopt='path-include=/usr/share/doc/*/changelog.Debian.*' --dpkgopt='path-exclude=/usr/share/{doc,info,man,omf,help,gnome/help}/*' --variant=essential --format=directory --architecture=armhf --include=perl-base --skip=check/empty stable target Though, it will choke on debconf later, but I guess this is not mmdebstrap's fault. (...) Unpacking perl-base:armhf (5.28.1-6+deb10u1) ... Setting up perl-base:armhf (5.28.1-6+deb10u1) ... Selecting previously unselected package debconf. dpkg: regarding .../debconf_1.5.71_all.deb containing debconf, pre-dependency problem: debconf pre-depends on perl-base (>= 5.20.1-3~) perl-base is not installed. dpkg: error processing archive /root/mm/target3/var/cache/apt/archives/debconf_1.5.71_all.deb (--unpack): pre-dependency problem - not installing debconf (...)