Bug#1043571: /usr/bin/build-simple-cdd on debian 12 generates image that fails installation

[Todd D. Taft]

Package: simple-cdd
Version: 0.6.9
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/build-simple-cdd

Dear Maintainer,

Runing build-simple-cdd with no options in an empty directory is generating an
iso file that fails to install.
The iso file fails while attempting to install the zstd package. The
installation log indicates that this package is required by another package,
but this package has no installation candidate and is not available.
Issue occurs when both the system where build-simple-cdd is run and the system
where installation is being attempted are (different) VMWare guests.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.1
APT prefers stable-security
APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-11-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages simple-cdd depends on:
ii dctrl-tools 2.24-3+b1
ii debian-cd 3.2.1
ii lsb-release 12.0-1
ii python3 3.11.2-1+b1
ii python3-simple-cdd 0.6.9
ii reprepro 5.3.1-1
ii rsync 3.2.7-1
ii wget 1.21.3-1+b2

Versions of packages simple-cdd recommends:
ii dose-distcheck 7.0.0-1+b2

Versions of packages simple-cdd suggests:
pn qemu-system | qemu-kvm <none>

-- no debconf information

[José Paredes]

Package: simple-cdd
Version: 0.6.9
Followup-For: Bug #1043571

Dear Maintainer,

I get the same issue with simple-cdd.

Once the ISO image is generated, it will fails at the beginning of the
installation process.

The log in the installer says :

no packages matching running kernel 6.1.0-15-amd64

I tried to run simple-cdd on the same kernel version mentionned in the
log but didn't change the outcome.

This worked well in previous debian release.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.4
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-15-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU thread; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set

Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages simple-cdd depends on:
ii dctrl-tools 2.24-3+b1
ii debian-cd 3.2.1
ii lsb-release 12.0-1
ii python3 3.11.2-1+b1
ii python3-simple-cdd 0.6.9

ii reprepro 5.3.1-1+deb12u1

[José Paredes]

Hello,

After further investigations, my report is related to this : #1062189

Thank you.