Hi Frits,

- cdebootstrap deb package depends on libdebian-installer4 (>= 0.97)

- main-menu udeb package depends on libdebian-installer4-udeb (>= 0.101)

But the version of both 'libdebian-installer-extra4' and
'libdebian-installer-extra4-udeb' in Devuan's repository is 0.99+deb8u1.
The sources of the package are right, becase debian/changelog says:

libdebian-installer (0.97) unstable; urgency=low

and debian/control:

Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libdebian-installer4 (=
${binary:Version})
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libdebian-installer4-udeb
(= ${binary:Version})

for each package (libdebian-installer-extra4 and
libdebian-installer-extra4-udeb, respectively). However, the versions of
them in the repository (=0.99+deb8u1) don't correspond with the sources
(=0.97).

This fact would be the origin of the issue.

Aitor.

On 14/10/15 21:29, Godefridus Daalmans <frits@???> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> >
>> >a short update: Now I added the debian-installer component to my
>> >experimental live DVD, and I can try to do an installation, but it
>> >screws up in "installing the base system"
>> >
>> >INFO: Menu item 'bootstrap-base' selected
>> >base-installer: error: exiting on error
>> >base-installer/debootstrap-failed
>> >WARNING **: Configuring 'bootstrap-base' failed with error code 1
>> >WARNING **: Menu item 'bootstrap-base' failed.
>> >
>> >on the installation screen, it complained about the checksum of
>> >debian-installer/Packages.gz and debian-installer/Packages
>> >
>> >This seems to be a recurring error over the years with Debian and
>> >Ubuntu...
>> >
>> >I verified the MD5 checksums and they are all OK, so that's not the
>> >*real* problem.
>> >
>> >Any hints??
>> >
>> >Frits