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+#!/bin/sh
+# bootstrap.sh -- a Devuan base image
+# Copyright (C) 2017  Olaf Meeuwissen
+#
+# License: GPL-3.0+
+
+DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get install debootstrap -q -y
+
+debootstrap --variant=minbase jessie /devuan/rootfs