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

From: "Todd D. Taft" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 01:36:53 -0400

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