selfstrap can be given a target debian release with --release

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/selfstrap b/selfstrap
index 57227ae..3f6cf31 100755
--- a/selfstrap
+++ b/selfstrap
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ usage()
     cat <<EOF
   Options:
     --target|-t        (Mandatory) Target directory
+    --release          Target Debian release
     --help|-h
     --verbose|-v
     --unpack           Only unpack; do not configure
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ EOF
     exit ${1:-1}
 }
 
-GETOPT=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o t:hv --long help,target:,verbose,unpack,chroot:,packages:,real-apt,skip-update -- "$@") || exit
+GETOPT=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o t:hv --long help,target:,release:,verbose,unpack,chroot:,packages:,real-apt,skip-update -- "$@") || exit
 eval set -- "$GETOPT"
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     case "$1" in
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         --packages) x=$(cat < "$2") || die "could not read file '$2'"
                     EXTRA_PACKAGES="$EXTRA_PACKAGES $x"
                     shift ;;
+        --release) target_release=$2; shift ;;
         --chroot) CHROOT_PROG=$2; shift ;;
         --real-apt) REAL_APT_INSTALL=y
                     REAL_DPKG=y;;
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ apt_get_update()
 set -e
 
 target_arch=$(dpkg-architecture -q DEB_HOST_ARCH) || die 'dpkg-architecture failed'
-target_release=$(current_debian_codename) && [ "$target_release" ] || die 'could not determine Debian release name'
+[ "$target_release" ] || target_release=$(current_debian_codename) && [ "$target_release" ] || die 'could not determine Debian release name'
 
 # Set things up so apt-get update works.
 sanity_checks