$ROOTCMD ln -s /bin/true /usr/sbin/grub-probe
fi
- # Update package lists (so they exist at all), so we actually can
- # install software.
- $ROOTCMD apt-get update
+ # Update package lists (so they exist at all), so we can install
+ # software; if /var/lib/dpkg/available is empty, it was was probably
+ # cleaned by GRMLBASE/98-clean-chroot, so we need to rebuild it
+ # anyway
+ $ROOTCMD /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/update /var/lib/dpkg/ apt apt
if ! $ROOTCMD test -x /usr/bin/aptitude ; then
- $ROOTCMD apt-get -y install aptitude
+ # the apt-get update might return an error if there's for example
+ # a hashsum mismatch on Debian mirror sources, we might want to continue
+ # but should warn the user
+ if ! $ROOTCMD apt-get update ; then
+ echo "Warning: there was an error executing apt-get update, continuing anyway."
+ echo "Warning: there was an error executing apt-get update, continuing anyway." >&2
+ fi
+
+ $ROOTCMD apt-get -y install aptitude
fi
- # newer aptitude versions won't remove essential packages using
- # 'aptitude -f -y install file-rc' anymore, therefore force it:
- $ROOTCMD aptitude -o Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Keep-All-Tier=60000 -f -y install file-rc systemd-sysv-
-
# make sure we can upgrade automatically,
# even with unsigned repos, but only if user wants it
if [ "${FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED:-}" = "1" ] ; then
$ROOTCMD ln -s /bin/true /usr/sbin/grub-probe
fi
-# make sure we have file-rc available before package_config/GRML* is being executed {{{
-# the apt-get update might return an error if there's for example
-# a hashsum mismatch on Debian mirror sources, we might want to continue
-# but should warn the user
-if ! $ROOTCMD apt-get update ; then
- echo "Warning: there was an error executing apt-get update, continuing anyway."
- echo "Warning: there was an error executing apt-get update, continuing anyway." >&2
-fi
-
-# newer aptitude versions won't remove essential packages using
-# 'aptitude -f -y install file-rc' anymore, therefore force it via:
-$ROOTCMD aptitude -o Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Keep-All-Tier=60000 -f -y install file-rc systemd-sysv-
# }}}
# we definitely don't want to fail running fai dirinstall just