[Armbian build PR] - Disable md5 packages check on unsupported distributions

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Description

Unstable / testing packages sometimes contain hacks that are patching files. Fixing this in Debian Sid / Trixie

Not sure why this happens, but we certainly don't need this check in rolling releases.

  [🐳|🌱] Checking MD5 sum of installed packages [ debsums ]
  [🐳|🔨]   debsums: changed file /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon (from dpkg package)
  [🐳|💥] Error 2 occurred in main shell [ at /armbian/lib/functions/logging/runners.sh:211

How Has This Been Tested?

• [x] Manual run

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• [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code
• [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• [x] My changes generate no new warnings
• [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules

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[ozacas]

I also experienced this issue with a kde-plasma ubuntu 24.04 (noble image build of 24.8.0 edge) on an Orange Pi 5 plus (16gb). Disabling the above code per the commit avoided the issue and the result was a successful image generation.

[ioncube]

@ozacas I am still facing the same issue

 

hastebin - ajuxuqigur (armbian.com)

Edited August 7 by ioncube

[ozacas]

Hi @ioncube

 

Apologies for the late reply.

 

Although not recommended practice, in my 24.8.0 build tree, I commented out the debsums invocation - i'm sure its fine 😀

The relevant part of lib/functions/rootfs/rootfs-create.sh in my build tree reads:
 

        if [[ "${DISTRIBUTION_STATUS}" == "supported" || "${FORCE_CHECK_MD5_PACKAGES:-"no"}" == "yes" ]]; then
                display_alert "Checking MD5 sum of installed packages" "debsums" "info"
                declare -g if_error_detail_message="Check MD5 sum of installed packages failed"
                #chroot_sdcard debsums --silent
        fi

and that should prevent the problem. Perhaps settings FORCE_CHECK_MD5_PACKAGES=no during ./compile.sh invocation might work also?

 

Its a difficult one to work around due to random mirrors, cache contents etc... very sporadic.

 

Andrew

[ioncube]

@ozacas Thank I solved issue through this