[Bug 2024483] Re: Ubuntu links missing or broken in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts

[Steve Langasek]

** Description changed:

- debootstrap package does not have links for many Ubuntu versions in
- /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts. In particular, jammy is missing.
+ [Justification]
+ Fix for an SRU regression.  The previous SRU dropped the 'scripts' symlinks for all recent Ubuntu releases because the links were no longer needed for debootstrap's internal use.  However, this broke compatibility with third-party code which (unnecessarily) hard-coded the script argument to debootstrap.
+ 
+ [Test case]
+ 1. apt install ubuntu-dev-tools
+ 2. pbuilder-dist jammy create
+ 
+ [Original description]
+ debootstrap package does not have links for many Ubuntu versions in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts. In particular, jammy is missing.
  
  See the file list:
  
  https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy-updates/all/debootstrap/filelist
  
  Also, /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/hirsute link points to groovy,
  which is also missing (i.e. hirsute is a broken symlink).
  
  This breaks pbuilder, which no longer recognizes distro names and fails
  with errors like this:
  
- Warning: Unknown distribution "jammy". Do you want to continue [y|N]? 
+ Warning: Unknown distribution "jammy". Do you want to continue [y|N]?
  Aborting as requested.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: debootstrap 1.0.126+nmu1ubuntu0.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-1027.28~22.04.1-lowlatency 5.19.17
  Uname: Linux 5.19.0-1027-lowlatency x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: vtsspp sep5 socperf3 pax nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Tue Jun 20 19:34:53 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-01 (2971 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: debootstrap
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-05-14 (402 days ago)

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Title:
  Ubuntu links missing or broken in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts

Status in debootstrap package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in ubuntu-dev-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in debootstrap source package in Focal:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-dev-tools source package in Focal:
  Won't Fix
Status in debootstrap source package in Jammy:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-dev-tools source package in Jammy:
  Won't Fix
Status in debootstrap source package in Kinetic:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-dev-tools source package in Kinetic:
  Won't Fix
Status in debootstrap source package in Lunar:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-dev-tools source package in Lunar:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  [Justification]
  Fix for an SRU regression.  The previous SRU dropped the 'scripts' symlinks for all recent Ubuntu releases because the links were no longer needed for debootstrap's internal use.  However, this broke compatibility with third-party code which (unnecessarily) hard-coded the script argument to debootstrap.

  [Test case]
  1. apt install ubuntu-dev-tools
  2. pbuilder-dist jammy create

  [Original description]
  debootstrap package does not have links for many Ubuntu versions in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts. In particular, jammy is missing.

  See the file list:

  https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy-updates/all/debootstrap/filelist

  Also, /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/hirsute link points to groovy,
  which is also missing (i.e. hirsute is a broken symlink).

  This breaks pbuilder, which no longer recognizes distro names and
  fails with errors like this:

  Warning: Unknown distribution "jammy". Do you want to continue [y|N]?
  Aborting as requested.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: debootstrap 1.0.126+nmu1ubuntu0.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-1027.28~22.04.1-lowlatency 5.19.17
  Uname: Linux 5.19.0-1027-lowlatency x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: vtsspp sep5 socperf3 pax nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Tue Jun 20 19:34:53 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-01 (2971 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: debootstrap
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-05-14 (402 days ago)

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