Failure trying to run: chroot /target dpkg...

[ecliptik]

Installer fails with:

Failure trying to run: chroot /target dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cach
e/apt/archives/base-passwd_3.5.26+bsos6_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_7.1wheezy1+steamos4+bsos1_amd64.deb

Install will continue if user to selects continue, selects "Install the base system" from the installation menu and say then yes on "Proceed with installation to unclean target".

[ecliptik]

/var/log/syslog error is:

Dec 19 06:16:00 debootstrap: Unpacking base-files (from .../base-files_7.1wheezy1+steamos4+bsos1_amd64.deb) ...
Dec 19 06:16:00 debootstrap: dpkg: regarding .../base-files_7.1wheezy1+steamos4+bsos1_amd64.deb containing base-files, pre-dependency problem:
Dec 19 06:16:00 debootstrap:  base-files pre-depends on awk
Dec 19 06:16:00 debootstrap:   awk is not installed.
Dec 19 06:16:00 debootstrap: 
Dec 19 06:16:00 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: ignoring pre-dependency problem!
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: Setting up base-files (7.1wheezy1+steamos4+bsos1) ...
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: dpkg: base-files: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap:  base-files depends on awk; however:
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap:   Package awk is not installed.
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: 
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: chown: 
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: invalid user: `root:root'
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: 
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: Setting up base-passwd (3.5.26+bsos6) ...
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: dpkg: error processing base-files (--install):
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap:  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: dpkg: base-passwd: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap:  base-passwd depends on libc6 (>= 2.2.5); however:
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap:   Package libc6 is not installed.
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: 
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap: Errors were encountered while processing:
Dec 19 06:16:01 debootstrap:  base-files
Dec 19 06:16:01 debconf: --> METAGET base-installer/debootstrap/warning/in_target_fail description
Dec 19 06:16:01 debconf: <-- 10 base-installer/debootstrap/warning/in_target_fail doesn't exist
Dec 19 06:16:01 debconf: --> SUBST base-installer/debootstrap/fallback-warning INFO Failure trying to run: chroot /target dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/base-passwd_3.5.26+bsos6_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_7.1w
Dec 19 06:16:01 debconf: Adding [INFO] -> [Failure trying to run: chroot /target dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/base-passwd_3.5.26+bsos6_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_7.1wheezy1+steamos4+bsos1_amd64.deb]

[directhex]

It's almost 100% certainly this issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/+bug/1001131

Try applying the workaround held within.

[directhex]

Filed as ValveSoftware/SteamOS#64

[ecliptik]

Good catch!

[ecliptik]

Did a build with the newly updated SteamOSInstaller.zip from 12/19 and this still seems to be an issue.

[directhex]

On 21/12/13 17:17, Micheal Waltz wrote:

Did a build with the newly updated SteamOSInstaller.zip from 12/19 and this still seems to be an issue.

Yep, it still is. Maybe we should patch this ourselves for now, assuming Valve don't fix it any time soon.