debootstrap fails when bootstrapping to a directory name with spaces
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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cdebootstrap (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
debootstrap (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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debootstrap (Ubuntu) |
In Progress
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Medium
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Ken Sharp |
Bug Description
I use debootstrap to do minimal installs of Ubuntu and I couldn't figure out why debootstrap would silently fail when I pass the name of my directory I wanted to install the Ubuntu system in (which, for purposes of bug reporting, I'll call "Ubuntu System").
Running this command will create bootstrap/ and var/ directories in "Ubuntu System" but will just silently stop:
$ sudo debootstrap --arch amd64 artful Ubuntu\ System
While renaming to UbuntuSystem solves the problem:
$ sudo debootstrap --arch amd64 artful UbuntuSystem
Since this was an Artful installation I was doing it from, I tried grabbing the version from zesty-updates and it happens there as well.
The least it could do is be a bit more verbose (I even tried with --verbose and it still didn't work)...
tags: | added: artful zesty |
tags: | added: jammy |
tags: | added: noble |
tags: | added: patch-forwarded-debian |
Changed in debootstrap (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
summary: |
- debootstrap silently fails when bootstrapping to a directory name with - spaces + debootstrap fails when bootstrapping to a directory name with spaces |
tags: |
added: patch-accepted-debian removed: patch-forwarded-debian |
Changed in debootstrap (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in debootstrap (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in debootstrap (Debian): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.