mmdebstrap does not allow for nonempty root directories to bootstap into.
The mentioned rationale is https://bugs.debian.org/833525.
But there should be at least a possibility to override this behaviour by a command line switch or something alike.
One use case for a nonempty root directory would be a setup splitted over multiple disks/partitions.
This can be the case when setting up e.g. a VM with a root partition and a separate /usr and or /var partition.
But such a setup is impossible to accomodate with the current code.
Such a setup has to be fixed afterwards instead of the possibility to set it up correctly from the beginning.
To prevent scenarios like the one in first post, a command line switch like "--allow-nonempty-rootdir" or something alike would be enough.
mmdebstrap does not allow for nonempty root directories to bootstap into.
The mentioned rationale is https://bugs.debian.org/833525.
But there should be at least a possibility to override this behaviour by a command line switch or something alike.
One use case for a nonempty root directory would be a setup splitted over multiple disks/partitions.
This can be the case when setting up e.g. a VM with a root partition and a separate /usr and or /var partition.
But such a setup is impossible to accomodate with the current code.
Such a setup has to be fixed afterwards instead of the possibility to set it up correctly from the beginning.
To prevent scenarios like the one in first post, a command line switch like "--allow-nonempty-rootdir" or something alike would be enough.
Does running mmdebstrap with --skip=check/empty fix this for you?
Yes, indeed. The introduction of this flag is everything I needed. Apparently I didn't catch that at first.
> Does running mmdebstrap with `--skip=check/empty` fix this for you?
Yes, indeed. The introduction of this flag is everything I needed. Apparently I didn't catch that at first.
mmdebstrap does not allow for nonempty root directories to bootstap into.
The mentioned rationale is https://bugs.debian.org/833525.
But there should be at least a possibility to override this behaviour by a command line switch or something alike.
One use case for a nonempty root directory would be a setup splitted over multiple disks/partitions.
This can be the case when setting up e.g. a VM with a root partition and a separate /usr and or /var partition.
But such a setup is impossible to accomodate with the current code.
Such a setup has to be fixed afterwards instead of the possibility to set it up correctly from the beginning.
To prevent scenarios like the one in first post, a command line switch like "--allow-nonempty-rootdir" or something alike would be enough.
Does running mmdebstrap with
--skip=check/emptyfix this for you?Yes, indeed. The introduction of this flag is everything I needed. Apparently I didn't catch that at first.
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