[Bug 1716079] Re: debootstrap silently fails when bootstrapping to a directory name with spaces

[Simon Quigley]

This also affects cdebootstrap, I tried this with directory "Test 1" and
I set it to use my local archive mirror at 8080:

$ sudo cdebootstrap --allow-unauthenticated --arch amd64 artful Test\ 1/ http://localhost:8080/ubuntu
P: Retrieving Release
P: Retrieving Release.gpg
P: Validating Release
W: Couldn't validate Release!
P: Parsing Release
P: Retrieving Packages.xz
P: Validating Packages.xz
sha256sum: /home/simon/Code/Test: No such file or directory
sha256sum: 1/var/cache/bootstrap/_dists_._main_binary-amd64_Packages.xz: No such file or directory
P: Retrieving Packages.gz
P: Validating Packages.gz
sha256sum: /home/simon/Code/Test: No such file or directory
sha256sum: 1/var/cache/bootstrap/_dists_._main_binary-amd64_Packages.gz: No such file or directory
E: Couldn't download Packages!

So it looks like it's not built to catch directories with spaces, I
wonder if this is related to debootstrap's problem.

** Also affects: cdebootstrap (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: cdebootstrap (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  debootstrap silently fails when bootstrapping to a directory name with
  spaces

Status in cdebootstrap package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in debootstrap package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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)...

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