Richard W.M. Jones wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 01:39:00PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I ran the commands (also tried with fedora-12 with same result):
> > 
> >     mkdir fed10-64
> >     febootstrap fedora-10 fed10-64 
> > http://mirror/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Everything/x86_64/os
> 
> Which package is this?

    ii  febootstrap   2.1-4    tool for bootstrapping a Fedora system (like 
Debian debootstrap)

> Segfaults are in any case caused by incompatibilities between glibc in
> the host and appliance.  You have to only install an operating system
> which is compatible with the host OS.

I use debootstrap to install debian and ubuntu versions in chroots.
I have installed ubuntu 8.04 on debian testing and a bunch of other
combinations and never seen that before.

> In Fedora we recommend only
> installing (eg) Fedora 12 on Fedora 12, because that way you know that
> glibc won't have problems.

So why is febootstrap even made available to be installed under debian?

Erik
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