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Dr. Jens Harbott 93442d09cf debian: software-properties-common isn't in testing
The software-properties-common pkg didn't make it into testing/trixie so
far, see [0] and [1].

[0] https://tracker.debian.org/news/1579223/software-properties-removed-from-testing/
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1038747#39

Signed-off-by: Dr. Jens Harbott <harbott@osism.tech>
Change-Id: I62cd753312b0838f5722a5d538af2d1759346166
2025-07-04 12:52:34 +00:00
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This is the base element.

Almost all users will want to include this in their disk image build, as it includes a lot of useful functionality.

The DIB_CLOUD_INIT_ETC_HOSTS environment variable can be used to customize cloud-init's management of `/etc/hosts`:

  • If the variable is set to something, write that value as cloud-init's manage_etc_hosts.
  • If the variable is set to an empty string, don't create manage_etc_hosts setting (cloud-init will use its default value).
  • If the variable is not set, use "localhost" for now. Later, not setting the variable will mean using cloud-init's default. (To preserve diskimage-builder's current default behavior in the future, set the variable to "localhost" explicitly.)

The 'DIB_AVOID_PACKAGES_UPDATE' environment variable can be used to avoid updating all packages, useful when wanting to avoid release update.

  • 'DIB_AVOID_PACKAGES_UPDATE' default is '0', all packages will be updated.
  • set 'DIB_AVOID_PACKAGES_UPDATE' to '1' to avoid updating all packages.

The 'DIB_SKIP_BASE_PACKAGE_INSTALL' environment variable can be used to avoid installing base packages, set to '1' to skip.

Notes:

  • If you are getting warnings during the build about your locale being missing, consider installing/generating the relevant locale. This may be as simple as having language-pack-XX installed in the pre-install stage