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> -- debconf information excluded