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.TH "DEBSPAWN\-CREATE" "1" "" "Debspawn" "debspawn create"
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.SH "NAME"
debspawn-create \- Create new container images
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBdebspawn\ create\fR\ 'u
\fBdebspawn create\fR [\-h|\-\-help] [\-\-variant] [\-a|\-\-arch] [\-\-mirror] [\-\-components] [\-\-base\-suite] [\-\-extra\-suites] [\-\-extra\-sourceslist\-lines] [\-\-allow\-recommends] {SUITE}
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Create a new base image for a suite known to
\fBdebootstrap(1)\fR\&. The image will later be used to spawn ephemeral containers in which packages can be built\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
You can easily create images for any suite that has a script in
\fBdebootstrap\fR\&. For example, to create a Debian Unstable image for your current machine architecture, you can use:
.PP
$
\fBdebspawn create\fR
sid
.PP
A more advanced example, for building on Ubuntu 18\&.10 on the x86 architecture:
.PP
$
\fBdebspawn create\fR
\-\-arch=i386 cosmic
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-h|\-\-help
.RS 4
Print brief help information about available commands\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-variant
.RS 4
Set the bootstrap script variant\&.
.RE
.PP
\-a|\-\-arch
.RS 4
The architecture of the container\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-mirror
.RS 4
Set a specific mirror to bootstrap from\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-components
.RS 4
A comma\-separated list of archive components to enable in the newly created image\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-base\-suite
.RS 4
A full suite that forms the base of the selected partial suite (e\&.g\&. for \-updates and \-backports)\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-extra\-suites
.RS 4
Space\-separated list of additional suites that should also be added to the sources\&.list file\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-extra\-sourceslist\-lines
.RS 4
Lines that should be added to the build environments source\&.list verbatim\&. Separate lines by linebreaks\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-allow\-recommends
.RS 4
Do not disable APT installing "recommends"\-type dependencies by default, and instead use the default behavior for full, normal system installations with "recommends" enabled\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
debspawn\-build(1), debootstrap(1), systemd\-nspawn(1)\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
This manual page was written by Matthias Klumpp
\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co 2018-2021 Matthias Klumpp
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