Merge branch 'bugs'

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/vmdebootstrap b/vmdebootstrap
index 4c3aefc..4894bae 100755
--- a/vmdebootstrap
+++ b/vmdebootstrap
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ class VmDebootstrap(cliapp.Application):  # pylint: disable=too-many-public-meth
             'set up foreign debootstrap environment using provided program (ie binfmt handler)')
         self.settings.string(
             ['variant'],
-            'select debootstrap variant it not using the default')
+            'select debootstrap variant if not using the default [deprecated]')
+        self.settings.string_list(
+            ['debootstrapopts'],
+            'pass additional options to debootstrap'),
         self.settings.boolean(
             ['extlinux'],
             'install extlinux?',
@@ -641,7 +644,11 @@ class VmDebootstrap(cliapp.Application):  # pylint: disable=too-many-public-meth
                 '--include=%s' % ','.join(include))
         if self.settings['foreign']:
             args.append('--foreign')
-        if self.settings['variant']:
+        if self.settings['debootstrapopts']:
+            for opt in self.settings['debootstrapopts']:
+                for part in opt.split(' '):
+                    args.append('--%s' % part)
+        elif self.settings['variant']:
             args.append('--variant')
             args.append(self.settings['variant'])
         args += [self.settings['distribution'],
diff --git a/vmdebootstrap.8.in b/vmdebootstrap.8.in
index 0364bed..19f5adc 100644
--- a/vmdebootstrap.8.in
+++ b/vmdebootstrap.8.in
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ vmdebootstrap \- install basic Debian system into virtual disk image
 [\-\-bootsize=BOOTSIZE] [\-\-boottype=FSTYPE] [\-\-roottype=FSTYPE] [\-\-foreign=PATH]
 [\-\-variant=VARIANT] [\-\-no-extlinux] [\-\-squash] [\-\-configure-apt]
 [\-\-grub] [\-\-apt-mirror] [\-\-pkglist] [\-\-use\-efi] [\-\-efi\-size]
+[\-\-debootstrapopts]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B vmdebootstrap
 installs a basic Debian system into a virtual disk image,
@@ -280,6 +281,11 @@ available.
 Disable extlinux installation and configure grub2 instead. grub2 will be added to
 the list of packages to install. update-grub will be called once the debootstrap is
 complete and grub-install will be called in the image.
+.IP \-\-debootstrapopts
+Pass additional options to debootstrap as a quoted list of options
+and values, separated by spaces.
+e.g. --debootstrapopts="variant=buildd no-check-gpg components=main,contrib".
+See debootstrap \-\-help and debootstrap (1) for valid options.
 .IP \-\-no\-acpid
 Disable installation of acpid if not required, otherwise acpid will be
 installed if \-\-foreign is not used.