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Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time

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On 05/27/2019 12:08 PM, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> On 5/27/19, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
>>
>> Further re-reading of man pages suggests that my command should begin:
>>> mmdebstrap --variant=required --aptopt="APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated
>>> true" ...
>>
>> I hesitate to try that on this machine.
> 
> 
> Is there any way to attempt a "--dry-run", or is that not offered? Or
> it's possibly not even useful in this particular case usage?

The man page for mmdebstrap does mention one.
As its original motivation was to replace a sub-set of multistrap uses, 
I wouldn't be surprised if it exists.

I've just done a Debian install intended for doing dangerous 
experiments. But its lunch time.

> 
> I've encountered "--dry-run" as a nice option a couple times lately.
> That's why it came to mind just now. Would be nice to see it here,
> too.
> 
> DISCLAIMER: Where available, "--dry-run" is still not perfect. I've
> seen it gloss over, i.e. not mention/reference at all, some forgotten
> action that I had specifically needed to test-drive first before
> attempting for reals.

That's essentially why I specified a tarball as output. Limits 
collateral damage while I find out what mmdebstrap does or can do.


> 
> Cindy :)
> 

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Feasibility of running mmdebstrap under Stretch (not Buster) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-26 16:40 +0200
  Re: Feasibility of running mmdebstrap under Stretch (not Buster) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-05-26 17:00 +0200
    Re: Feasibility of running mmdebstrap under Stretch (not Buster) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-26 17:10 +0200
      Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-27 17:30 +0200
        Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-05-27 17:50 +0200
          Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-27 18:30 +0200
            Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-05-27 19:10 +0200
              Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-27 19:40 +0200
            Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-05-27 19:30 +0200
            Fresh run of mmdebstrap - was [Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running  mmdebstrap for 1st time] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-29 19:10 +0200
              Re: Fresh run of mmdebstrap - was [Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time] Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-05-29 20:10 +0200
                Re: Fresh run of mmdebstrap - was [Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running  mmdebstrap for 1st time] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-29 20:40 +0200
                Re: Fresh run of mmdebstrap - was [Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time] Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-05-29 22:10 +0200
                Re: Fresh run of mmdebstrap - was [Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running  mmdebstrap for 1st time] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-30 13:10 +0200
                Re: Fresh run of mmdebstrap - was [Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time] Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-05-30 14:40 +0200
        Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-05-30 15:00 +0200
          Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-30 17:20 +0200
            Re: Problems {PEBKAC?} running mmdebstrap for 1st time Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-05-30 17:40 +0200

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