Not possible to use armhf with debootstrap

[Brian Murray]

I was running the following command which ends up calling debootstrap:

DEBOOTSTRAP_MIRROR=http://ports.ubuntu.com mk-sbuild --vg=virtual-vg --arch armhf --name snapper vivid

Only when I include the "--arch armhf" does the schroot creation fail. The following is where the mk-sbuild command died:

I: Extracting zlib1g...
I: Running command: chroot /tmp/schroot-XJCj5b /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage
I: Keyring file not available at /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg; switching to https mirror https://mirrors.kernel.org/debian

Manually, running the command listed above did not produce anything more informative.

Downgrading debootstrap to version 1.0.72ubuntu1 from 1.0.78 resolved the issue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: debootstrap 1.0.72ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Feb 11 14:23:32 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-16 (1121 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130116)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: debootstrap
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

It also works with 1.0.75.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

And it first fails with 1.0.76.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Based off the debian bug report this is fixed in at least Ubuntu 16.04. I tested this with Ubuntu 19.04 and can confirm it is fixed in that version as I was able to create an armhf chroot. After running mk-sbuild I received the following message:

Done building snapper-armhf.

 To CHANGE the golden image: sudo schroot -c source:snapper-armhf -u root
 To ENTER an image snapshot: schroot -c snapper-armhf
 To BUILD within a snapshot: sbuild -A -d snapper-armhf PACKAGE*.dsc
 To BUILD for : sbuild -A -d snapper-armhf --host PACKAGE*.dsc