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-rw-r--r--debian/changelog2
-rw-r--r--debootstrap.85
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 32a9f92..dbc48ca 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ debootstrap (1.0.11) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
Patrik Arvhult; closes: #350635).
* Recommend gnupg for --keyring option (thanks, Robert Millan; closes:
#467571).
+ * Note that you can't --include packages with non-required Pre-Depends
+ (see #487908).
-- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:37:01 +0000
diff --git a/debootstrap.8 b/debootstrap.8
index f854d95..192e62a 100644
--- a/debootstrap.8
+++ b/debootstrap.8
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ See also \-\-foreign.
.IP "\fB\-\-include=alpha,beta\fP"
Comma separated list of packages which will be added to download and extract
lists.
+Beware that including packages that declare a Pre\-Depends relationship on
+any package that is not in the "required" set (i.e. "Priority: required"),
+or that depend directly or indirectly on packages that do so, will not work;
+you will need to install such packages separately after \fBdebootstrap\fP
+has completed.
.IP
.IP "\fB\-\-exclude=alpha,beta\fP"
Comma separated list of packages which will be removed from download and