Subject: Re: Bug#1051721: simple-cdd: Missing package zstd for default image build on bookworm

From: Vagrant Cascadian <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 12:44:12 -0700

Control: merge 1043571 1051721

On 2023-09-11, Sietze van Buuren wrote:
> When building a default bookworm dist image using the command `build-simple-cdd`
> on a bookworm system, simple-cdd is able to successfully build the
> image. However, when using this image to install a new system, the installer
> complains that it can't find the package `zstd` and refuses to continue.
>
> I built the image with simple-cdd in a docker environment
> (debian:bookworm-slim).
>
> Just adding the package `zstd` (and nothing else) results in a working
> installer.
>
> Might it be, that for bookworm the package `zstd` needs to be addeed to the
> downloads file of the default profile
> (i.e. https://salsa.debian.org/debian/simple-cdd/-/blob/master/profiles/default.downloads)?

If that indeed fixes it, that sounds like a simple enough workaround
worth applying, thanks!

Will try and test this and get a fix uploaded. Will have to first upload
to unstable/sid, and then another upload to stable-proposed-updates to
get this fixed in bookworm.

live well,
  vagrant