[Voyage-linux] problem building voyage from scratch

[Thorsten von Eicken]

I'm trying to build voyage from scratch and am having problems in 
debootstrap.voyage.sh with the debconf package. What I see (with some 
debugging turned on is):

Selecting previously deselected package debconf.
Unpacking debconf (from .../debconf_1.4.30.13_all.deb) ...
dpkg: debconf: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you request:
 debconf depends on debconf-i18n | debconf-english; however:
  Package debconf-i18n is not installed.
  Package debconf-english is not installed.
Setting up debconf (1.4.30.13) ...
Preparing to replace debconf 1.4.30.13 (using 
.../debconf_1.4.30.13_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement debconf ...
Selecting previously deselected package debconf-i18n.
Unpacking debconf-i18n (from .../debconf-i18n_1.4.30.13_all.deb) ...
Setting up debconf-i18n (1.4.30.13) ...

So it installs debconf-i18n even though that's in the EXCLUDE list. Then 
when it gets to debconf-english (which is in the INCLUDE list) I 
naturally get:

dpkg: regarding .../debconf-english_1.4.30.13_all.deb containing 
debconf-english:
 debconf-english conflicts with debconf-i18n
  debconf-i18n (version 1.4.30.13) is installed.
dpkg: error processing 
var/cache/apt/archives/debconf-english_1.4.30.13_all.deb (--unpack):
 conflicting packages - not installing debconf-english
 var/cache/apt/archives/debconf-english_1.4.30.13_all.deb

I added debconf to the EXCLUDE, but that doesn't help. Some other 
package must be pulling it in... I finally gave up and removed 
debconf-english from the INCLUDE list and that worked fine, albeit with 
the i18n version...

Thorsten