Bug#637363: ***SPAM*** Re: Bug#637363: debootstrap 1.0.35 fails to accept --arch=amd64 on CentOS 5.6 system

2011-08-15 Thread Joey Hess
Samuel Thibault wrote: clone 637363 -1 retitle -1 explain what target means severity -1 wishlist thanks Whit Blauvelt, le Wed 10 Aug 2011 16:21:00 -0400, a écrit : On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 09:52:36PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: It can't be the target of debootstrap, since

Bug#637363: ***SPAM*** Re: Bug#637363: debootstrap 1.0.35 fails to accept --arch=amd64 on CentOS 5.6 system

2011-08-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
Joey Hess, le Mon 15 Aug 2011 13:56:26 -0400, a écrit : Samuel Thibault wrote: clone 637363 -1 retitle -1 explain what target means severity -1 wishlist thanks Whit Blauvelt, le Wed 10 Aug 2011 16:21:00 -0400, a écrit : On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 09:52:36PM +0200, Samuel Thibault

Bug#637363: ***SPAM*** Re: Bug#637363: debootstrap 1.0.35 fails to accept --arch=amd64 on CentOS 5.6 system

2011-08-15 Thread Whit Blauvelt
target is explaned in debootstrap's manual page, in the very first line of the description. With all respect, it isn't described with debootstrap -h. Not every system with debootstrap installed has the man page installed. So my suggestion is only that debootstrap -h clarify the language,

Bug#637363: ***SPAM*** Re: Bug#637363: debootstrap 1.0.35 fails to accept --arch=amd64 on CentOS 5.6 system

2011-08-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Whit Blauvelt, le Wed 10 Aug 2011 15:09:15 -0400, a écrit : On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 08:34:12PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: --arch is the target architecture, not the current architecture. It needs the latter to know how to deal with some details. debootstrap should probably resort to

Bug#637363: ***SPAM*** Re: Bug#637363: debootstrap 1.0.35 fails to accept --arch=amd64 on CentOS 5.6 system

2011-08-10 Thread Whit Blauvelt
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 09:13:31PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Also note target is an ambiguous term - the target in normal English is the existing object which receives the new thing That is the meaning here: on which machine you will run the installed debian system. Ah, but when

Bug#637363: ***SPAM*** Re: Bug#637363: debootstrap 1.0.35 fails to accept --arch=amd64 on CentOS 5.6 system

2011-08-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Whit Blauvelt, le Wed 10 Aug 2011 15:49:23 -0400, a écrit : On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 09:13:31PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: Also note target is an ambiguous term - the target in normal English is the existing object which receives the new thing That is the meaning here: on which

Bug#637363: ***SPAM*** Re: Bug#637363: debootstrap 1.0.35 fails to accept --arch=amd64 on CentOS 5.6 system

2011-08-10 Thread Whit Blauvelt
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 09:52:36PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: It can't be the target of debootstrap, since debootstrap is already running in it. Think of it (the host, Centos) as the hand which is holding the dart (debootstrap) to the target (the actual machine running the just-installed

Bug#637363: ***SPAM*** Re: Bug#637363: debootstrap 1.0.35 fails to accept --arch=amd64 on CentOS 5.6 system

2011-08-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
clone 637363 -1 retitle -1 explain what target means severity -1 wishlist thanks Whit Blauvelt, le Wed 10 Aug 2011 16:21:00 -0400, a écrit : On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 09:52:36PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: It can't be the target of debootstrap, since debootstrap is already running in it.