bug fix: allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot

[grml-debootstrap.git] / grml-debootstrap

diff --git a/grml-debootstrap b/grml-debootstrap
index 870b8a8..af11daa 100755 (executable)
--- a/grml-debootstrap
+++ b/grml-debootstrap
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set -e # exit on any error
 
 # variables {{{
 PN="$(basename $0)"
-VERSION='0.22'
+VERSION='0.23'
 MNTPOINT="/mnt/debootstrap.$$"
 
 # inside the chroot system locales might not be available, so use minimum:
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ prompt_for_target()
                gawk -v num=0 -v ORS=' ' '/^\/dev\// {print $1}')
 
   if [ -z "$AVAILABLE_PARTITIONS" ] ; then
-     dialog --title "$PN" --single-quoted --stdout \
+     dialog --title "$PN" --trim \
      --msgbox "Sorry, no partitions found. Please configure your
      harddisks (see /proc/partitions) using a tool like fdisk,
      cfdisk, gpart, gparted,..." 0 0
@@ -760,12 +760,12 @@ preparechroot() {
   # MAKEDEV is just a forking bomb crap, let's do it on our own instead :)
   ( cd $MNTPOINT/dev && tar zxf /etc/debootstrap/devices.tar.gz )
 
-  # copy any existing existing files to chroot
-  [ -d /etc/debootstrap/boot  ] && cp -a /etc/debootstrap/boot/*  $MNTPOINT/boot/
-  [ -d /etc/debootstrap/etc   ] && cp -a /etc/debootstrap/etc/*   $MNTPOINT/etc/
-  [ -d /etc/debootstrap/share ] && cp -a /etc/debootstrap/share/* $MNTPOINT/share/
-  [ -d /etc/debootstrap/usr   ] && cp -a /etc/debootstrap/usr/*   $MNTPOINT/usr/
-  [ -d /etc/debootstrap/var   ] && cp -a /etc/debootstrap/var/*   $MNTPOINT/var/
+  # copy any existing files to chroot
+  [ -d /etc/debootstrap/boot  ] && cp -a -L /etc/debootstrap/boot/*  $MNTPOINT/boot/
+  [ -d /etc/debootstrap/etc   ] && cp -a -L /etc/debootstrap/etc/*   $MNTPOINT/etc/
+  [ -d /etc/debootstrap/share ] && cp -a -L /etc/debootstrap/share/* $MNTPOINT/share/
+  [ -d /etc/debootstrap/usr   ] && cp -a -L /etc/debootstrap/usr/*   $MNTPOINT/usr/
+  [ -d /etc/debootstrap/var   ] && cp -a -L /etc/debootstrap/var/*   $MNTPOINT/var/
 
   # copy local network setup to chroot
   if [ -r /etc/network/interfaces -a ! -r "${MNTPOINT}"/etc/network/interfaces ] ; then