On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Michael Prokop <bts@bts.grml.org> wrote:

>
> Is this bugreport still valid? Nowadays we've:
>
>  -c, --config <file>      Use specified configuration file, defaults to
>                             /etc/debootstrap/config
>  -d, --confdir <path>     Place of config files for debootstrap, defaults
>                             to /etc/debootstrap
>
> so I tend to close this bugreport. Please provide feedback, thanks!
>

Yes, it's still valid. It is submitted well after the -c/-d was implemented.


The point is that, -c is used for sourcing a *whole* file, while the local
configuration file is sourced *after* sourcing the global one, so that user
customization to configuration can be preserved during grml-debootstrap
upgrade.

The patch is for this purpose.

thanks