Do not copy `packages` file if --nopackages option is present

[grml-debootstrap.git] / grml-debootstrap

diff --git a/grml-debootstrap b/grml-debootstrap
index 02498cc..5604849 100755 (executable)
--- a/grml-debootstrap
+++ b/grml-debootstrap
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ Bootstrap options:
 
 Options for Virtual Machine deployment:
 
-      --vm               Set up a Virtual Machine, instead of plainly installing
-                         to a partition or directory, to be combined with --target,
-                         like: --vm --target /dev/mapper/your-vm-disk
-      --vmfile           Like --vm, but install into a file (raw format).
+      --vm               Set up a Virtual Machine on an existing block device
+                         instead of plainly installing to a partition or
+                         directory. Needs to be combined with --target.
+                         Example: --vm --target /dev/mapper/your-vm-disk
+      --vmfile           Like --vm, but install into a regular file (created by
+                         'qemu-img create -f raw ...') instead.
                          Example: --vmfile --target /mnt/sda1/qemu.img
       --vmsize <size>    Use specified size for size of VM file (default: 2G).
                          Syntax as supported by qemu-img, like: --vmsize 3G
@@ -1306,8 +1308,10 @@ preparechroot() {
   fi
 
   # package selection:
-  cp $VERBOSE "${_opt_packages:-$CONFFILES/packages}" \
-    "${MNTPOINT}"/etc/debootstrap/packages
+  if [ "$PACKAGES" = 'yes' ] ; then
+    cp $VERBOSE "${_opt_packages:-$CONFFILES/packages}" \
+      "${MNTPOINT}"/etc/debootstrap/packages
+  fi
 
   # debconf preseeding:
   _opt_debconf=${_opt_debconf:-$CONFFILES/debconf-selections}