[Bug 2075318] Re: debootstrap: 178: arithmetic expression: expecting EOF: "baseprog 1"

[Ravi Kant Sharma]

** Tags added: update-excuse

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Title:
  debootstrap: 178: arithmetic expression: expecting EOF: "baseprog 1"

Status in debootstrap package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Latest debootstrap from git fails to install oracular. This is needed
  by mkosi at v14 creating bootabel image.

  debootstrap --variant=minbase --include=ca-certificates --merged-usr
  --components=main,universe --arch=amd64 oracular
  /var/tmp/mkosi-g57jkd8g/root http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

  Exits with `2`, debootstrap.log:

  /usr/local/bin/debootstrap: 178: arithmetic expression: expecting EOF:
  "baseprog 1"

  
  Looks like this commit created the problem
  https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/commit/?id=21725220e63d98107104a122b4fba868f7f1d802
  ```
  @@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ Status: install ok installed" >> "$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/status"
   	}
   
   	p () {
  -		baseprog="$(($baseprog + ${1:-1}))"
  +		baseprog="$((baseprog 1))"
   	}
   
   	if ! doing_variant fakechroot; then
  ```

  Where `baseprog 1` is not an arithmetic expression.

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