[Bug 1980966] Re: silent failure during unpack if debootstrap/required not found

[Ken Sharp]

"debootstrapping an older version of Ubuntu"

Such as?

** Changed in: debootstrap (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  silent failure during unpack if debootstrap/required not found

Status in debootstrap package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  release: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS jammy
  version: 1.0.126+nmu1ubuntu0.1

  expected unpack to work, instead it just stopped

  debootstrapping an older version of Ubuntu fails at unpack because
  debootstrap/required is not found in the target directory

  removing the WHAT_TO_DO changes from this commit fixes the issue:

  https://salsa.debian.org/installer-
  team/debootstrap/-/commit/5a7006bb6efb3320e14d4773438d4441581313e1

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: debootstrap 1.0.126+nmu1ubuntu0.1
  Uname: Linux 5.10.0-13-amd64 x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  Date: Thu Jul  7 15:03:53 2022
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: debootstrap
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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