DEBOOTSNAP

NAME

DESCRIPTION

(--buildinfo BUILDINFO | --packages PACKAGES) [--sources-list-only] [output]

Combines debootstrap and snapshot.debian.org to create a chroot with exact package versions from the past either to reproduce bugs or to test source package reproducibility.

To obtain a list of packages run the following command on one machine:

$ dpkg-query --showformat '${binary:Package}=${Version}\n' --show

And pass the output to debootsnap with the --packages argument. The result will be a chroot tarball with precisely the package versions as they were found on the system that ran dpkg-query.  

positional arguments:

output

path to output chroot tarball

options:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--architecture ARCHITECTURE, --nativearch ARCHITECTURE

native architecture of the chroot. Ignored if --buildinfo is used. Foreign architectures are inferred from the package list. Not required if packages are architecture qualified.

--ignore-notfound

only warn about packages that cannot be found on snapshot.debian.org instead of exiting

--buildinfo BUILDINFO

use packages from a buildinfo file. Read buildinfo file from standard input if value is "-".

--packages PACKAGES, --pkgs PACKAGES

list of packages, optional architecture and version, separated by comma or linebreak. Read list from standard input if value is "-". Read list from a file if value starts with "./" or "/". The option can be specified multiple times. Package name, version and architecture are separated by one or more characters that are not legal in the respective adjacent field. Leading and trailing illegal characters are allowed. Example: pkg1:arch=ver1,pkg2:arch=ver2

--sources-list-only

only query metasnap.debian.net and print the sources.list needed to create chroot and exit

EXAMPLES

$ dpkg-query --showformat '${binary:Package}=${Version}\n' --show > pkglist

Then copy over "pkglist" and on another system run:

$ debootsnap --pkgs=./pkglist chroot.tar

Or use a buildinfo file as input:

$ debootsnap --buildinfo=./package.buildinfo chroot.tar

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positional arguments:

options:

EXAMPLES