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

[Ken Sharp]

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1061820
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1061820

** Also affects: debootstrap (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1061820
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Tags added: patch-forwarded-debian

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

Status in cdebootstrap package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in debootstrap package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in debootstrap package in Debian:
  Unknown

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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