Package mender-client-version-inventory-script missing for Debian Bullseye
Version info
This bug report is related to 5.2.x release of GitHub - mendersoftware/mender-convert: An easy way to integrate the Mender client into an existing image · GitHub, which include a feature to pre-install the mender inventory script through a flag MENDER_CLIENT_VERSION_INVENTORY_SCRIPT_INSTALL.
Details
We are currently in the process of automating mender build generation (flashable OS images and mender rootfs artifacts) to upgrade our fleet of ARM64 based RevPI and RaPI from Debian Bullseye > Bookworm > Trixie.
In order to do a step by step upgrade, we first want to build a fresh image based on what is running in our fleet at this moment… Debian Bullseye.
However, the mender-convert tool as hosted on GitHub - mendersoftware/mender-convert: An easy way to integrate the Mender client into an existing image · GitHub is broken on Debian Bullseye due to missing package mender-client-version-inventory-script.
Below an overview of the mender-convert process failing for Bullseye, and succeeding on Bookworm and Trixie:
Bullseye failing
➜ mender-convert git:(5.2.1) MENDER_ARTIFACT_NAME=2023-05-03-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite ./docker-mender-convert --disk-image input/2023-05-03-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bullseye_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
Could not deduce mendersoftware/mender-convert container version from currently checked out commit. Using latest.
using log file at: /Users/bartvanbos/Git/octave/mender-convert/logs/convert.log.1779277858-34585
Running mender-convert --disk-image input/2023-05-03-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bullseye_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
Running mender-convert-extract: --config ./work/override_compression_config --disk-image input/2023-05-03-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bullseye_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
2026-05-20 11:50:59 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2026-05-20 11:50:59 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: ./work/override_compression_config
2026-05-20 11:50:59 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bullseye_64bit_config
2026-05-20 11:50:59 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Validating disk image
2026-05-20 11:50:59 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Disk parsed successfully
2026-05-20 11:50:59 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] NUMBER OF PARTS: 2 TYPE: dos
2026-05-20 11:50:59 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 1: SIZE: 256M TYPE: 0xc
2026-05-20 11:50:59 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 1: extracting to work/part-1.fs
2026-05-20 11:50:59 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 2: SIZE: 1.7G TYPE: 0x83
2026-05-20 11:50:59 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 2: extracting to work/part-2.fs
mender-convert-extract has finished. Cleaning up...
Running mender-convert-modify: --config ./work/override_compression_config --disk-image input/2023-05-03-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bullseye_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: ./work/override_compression_config
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bullseye_64bit_config
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing platform specific pre-modifications (if any)
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: platform_pre_modify
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Creating state folder in the data partition for Mender add-ons
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using root device A in mender.conf: /dev/mmcblk0p2
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using root device B in mender.conf: /dev/mmcblk0p3
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Creating state scripts version file.
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing a custom /etc/fstab (see /mender-convert/logs/convert.log.1779277858-34585 for more info)
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using boot partition device in fstab: /dev/mmcblk0p1
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using data partition device in fstab: /dev/mmcblk0p4
2026-05-20 11:51:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender client and related files
2026-05-20 11:51:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Client version latest
2026-05-20 11:51:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Flash version latest
2026-05-20 11:51:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Setup version latest
2026-05-20 11:51:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Snapshot version latest
2026-05-20 11:51:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing mender-client-version-inventory-script version latest
2026-05-20 11:51:08 [FATAL] [mender-convert-modify] Cannot choose exact version for package mender-client-version-inventory-script latest from the APT repository
mender-convert-modify has finished. Cleaning up...
What's next:
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Log file available at: /Users/bartvanbos/Git/octave/mender-convert/logs/convert.log.1779277858-34585
Bookworm & Trixie succeeding
➜ mender-convert git:(5.2.1) MENDER_ARTIFACT_NAME=2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite ./docker-mender-convert --disk-image input/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bookworm_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
Could not deduce mendersoftware/mender-convert container version from currently checked out commit. Using latest.
using log file at: /Users/bartvanbos/Git/octave/mender-convert/logs/convert.log.1779276003-98531
Running mender-convert --disk-image input/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bookworm_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
Running mender-convert-extract: --config ./work/override_compression_config --disk-image input/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bookworm_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
2026-05-20 11:20:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2026-05-20 11:20:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: ./work/override_compression_config
2026-05-20 11:20:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bookworm_64bit_config
2026-05-20 11:20:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Validating disk image
2026-05-20 11:20:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Disk parsed successfully
2026-05-20 11:20:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] NUMBER OF PARTS: 2 TYPE: dos
2026-05-20 11:20:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 1: SIZE: 512M TYPE: 0xc
2026-05-20 11:20:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 1: extracting to work/part-1.fs
2026-05-20 11:20:05 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 2: SIZE: 2.1G TYPE: 0x83
2026-05-20 11:20:05 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 2: extracting to work/part-2.fs
mender-convert-extract has finished. Cleaning up...
Running mender-convert-modify: --config ./work/override_compression_config --disk-image input/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bookworm_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: ./work/override_compression_config
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bookworm_64bit_config
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing platform specific pre-modifications (if any)
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: platform_pre_modify
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Creating state folder in the data partition for Mender add-ons
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using root device A in mender.conf: /dev/mmcblk0p2
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using root device B in mender.conf: /dev/mmcblk0p3
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Creating state scripts version file.
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing a custom /etc/fstab (see /mender-convert/logs/convert.log.1779276003-98531 for more info)
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using boot partition device in fstab: /dev/mmcblk0p1
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using data partition device in fstab: /dev/mmcblk0p4
2026-05-20 11:20:09 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender client and related files
2026-05-20 11:20:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Client version latest
2026-05-20 11:20:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Flash version latest
2026-05-20 11:20:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Setup version latest
2026-05-20 11:20:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Snapshot version latest
2026-05-20 11:20:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing mender-client-version-inventory-script version latest
2026-05-20 11:20:20 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing platform specific modifications (if any)
2026-05-20 11:20:20 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: platform_modify
2026-05-20 11:20:20 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: raspberrypi_64_platform_modify
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Enabling UART in U-Boot configuration
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: grow_data_partition
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Adding systemd init script to run parted and resize the data partition on boot
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] to fill all the available space on the storage media
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing user/local specific modifications (if any)
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: user_local_modify
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Applying rootfs overlay: input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing overlay specific modifications (if any)
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: overlay_modify
mender-convert-modify has finished. Cleaning up...
Running mender-convert-package: --config ./work/override_compression_config --disk-image input/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bookworm_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Using configuration file: ./work/override_compression_config
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_bookworm_64bit_config
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] The allocated boot part size 40 MiB is too small.
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] The actual boot part size is 512 MiB
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] Will adjust MENDER_BOOT_PART_SIZE_MB automatically
2026-05-20 11:20:21 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] Consider adjusting the configuration file to avoid this message
2026-05-20 11:20:22 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Rootfs filesystem size will be 2573 MiB
2026-05-20 11:20:22 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Creating a file-system image from: work/rootfs/
2026-05-20 11:20:31 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Copying root filesystem image to deploy directory
2026-05-20 11:20:35 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Installing the bootstrap Artifact
2026-05-20 11:20:37 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Creating a file-system image from: work/data/
2026-05-20 11:20:37 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing Mender artifact to: deploy/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.mender
2026-05-20 11:20:37 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] This can take up to 20 minutes depending on which compression method is used
2026-05-20 11:21:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Creating Mender compatible disk-image
2026-05-20 11:21:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Total disk size: 8192 MiB
2026-05-20 11:21:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Boot partition 512 MiB
2026-05-20 11:21:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] RootFS partitions 3764 MiB x 2
2026-05-20 11:21:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Data partition 128 MiB
2026-05-20 11:21:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Using input diskimage partition scheme (dos)
2026-05-20 11:21:03 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing DOS (MBR) partition table
2026-05-20 11:21:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing boot partition image
2026-05-20 11:21:54 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing rootfsa partition image
2026-05-20 11:26:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing rootfsb partition image
2026-05-20 11:30:12 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing data partition image
2026-05-20 11:30:25 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Performing platform specific package operations (if any)
2026-05-20 11:30:25 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Running hook: platform_package
2026-05-20 11:30:25 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Conversion has completed! \o/
mender-convert-package has finished. Cleaning up...
Output Artifacts and images can be found in the deploy directory:
deploy/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.cfg
deploy/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.ext4
deploy/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.img
deploy/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.mender
Log file available at: /Users/bartvanbos/Git/octave/mender-convert/logs/convert.log.1779276003-98531
➜ mender-convert git:(5.2.1) MENDER_ARTIFACT_NAME=2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite ./docker-mender-convert --disk-image input/2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_trixie_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
Could not deduce mendersoftware/mender-convert container version from currently checked out commit. Using latest.
using log file at: /Users/bartvanbos/Git/octave/mender-convert/logs/convert.log.1779276686-12689
Running mender-convert --disk-image input/2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_trixie_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
Running mender-convert-extract: --config ./work/override_compression_config --disk-image input/2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_trixie_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
2026-05-20 11:31:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2026-05-20 11:31:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: ./work/override_compression_config
2026-05-20 11:31:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_trixie_64bit_config
2026-05-20 11:31:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Validating disk image
2026-05-20 11:31:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Disk parsed successfully
2026-05-20 11:31:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] NUMBER OF PARTS: 2 TYPE: dos
2026-05-20 11:31:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 1: SIZE: 512M TYPE: 0xc
2026-05-20 11:31:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 1: extracting to work/part-1.fs
2026-05-20 11:31:28 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 2: SIZE: 2.5G TYPE: 0x83
2026-05-20 11:31:28 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 2: extracting to work/part-2.fs
mender-convert-extract has finished. Cleaning up...
Running mender-convert-modify: --config ./work/override_compression_config --disk-image input/2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_trixie_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
2026-05-20 11:31:33 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2026-05-20 11:31:33 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: ./work/override_compression_config
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_trixie_64bit_config
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing platform specific pre-modifications (if any)
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: platform_pre_modify
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Creating state folder in the data partition for Mender add-ons
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using root device A in mender.conf: /dev/mmcblk0p2
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using root device B in mender.conf: /dev/mmcblk0p3
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Creating state scripts version file.
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing a custom /etc/fstab (see /mender-convert/logs/convert.log.1779276686-12689 for more info)
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using boot partition device in fstab: /dev/mmcblk0p1
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using data partition device in fstab: /dev/mmcblk0p4
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender client and related files
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Client version latest
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Flash version latest
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Setup version latest
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender Snapshot version latest
2026-05-20 11:31:34 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing mender-client-version-inventory-script version latest
2026-05-20 11:31:45 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing platform specific modifications (if any)
2026-05-20 11:31:45 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: platform_modify
2026-05-20 11:31:45 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: raspberrypi_64_platform_modify
2026-05-20 11:31:45 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Enabling UART in U-Boot configuration
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: grow_data_partition
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Adding systemd init script to run parted and resize the data partition on boot
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] to fill all the available space on the storage media
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing user/local specific modifications (if any)
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: user_local_modify
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Applying rootfs overlay: input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing overlay specific modifications (if any)
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: overlay_modify
mender-convert-modify has finished. Cleaning up...
Running mender-convert-package: --config ./work/override_compression_config --disk-image input/2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite.img --config configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_trixie_64bit_config --overlay input/rootfs_overlay_octave/
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Using configuration file: ./work/override_compression_config
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi/uboot/debian/raspberrypi4_trixie_64bit_config
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] The allocated boot part size 40 MiB is too small.
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] The actual boot part size is 512 MiB
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] Will adjust MENDER_BOOT_PART_SIZE_MB automatically
2026-05-20 11:31:46 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] Consider adjusting the configuration file to avoid this message
2026-05-20 11:31:47 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Rootfs filesystem size will be 3217 MiB
2026-05-20 11:31:47 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Creating a file-system image from: work/rootfs/
2026-05-20 11:31:58 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Copying root filesystem image to deploy directory
2026-05-20 11:32:04 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Installing the bootstrap Artifact
2026-05-20 11:32:07 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Creating a file-system image from: work/data/
2026-05-20 11:32:07 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing Mender artifact to: deploy/2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.mender
2026-05-20 11:32:07 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] This can take up to 20 minutes depending on which compression method is used
2026-05-20 11:32:40 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Creating Mender compatible disk-image
2026-05-20 11:32:40 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Total disk size: 8192 MiB
2026-05-20 11:32:40 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Boot partition 512 MiB
2026-05-20 11:32:40 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] RootFS partitions 3764 MiB x 2
2026-05-20 11:32:40 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Data partition 128 MiB
2026-05-20 11:32:40 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Using input diskimage partition scheme (dos)
2026-05-20 11:32:40 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing DOS (MBR) partition table
2026-05-20 11:32:40 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing boot partition image
2026-05-20 11:33:30 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing rootfsa partition image
2026-05-20 11:38:01 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing rootfsb partition image
2026-05-20 11:41:17 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing data partition image
2026-05-20 11:41:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Performing platform specific package operations (if any)
2026-05-20 11:41:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Running hook: platform_package
2026-05-20 11:41:26 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Conversion has completed! \o/
mender-convert-package has finished. Cleaning up...
Output Artifacts and images can be found in the deploy directory:
deploy/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.cfg
deploy/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.ext4
deploy/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.img
deploy/2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.mender
deploy/2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.cfg
deploy/2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.ext4
deploy/2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.img
deploy/2026-04-21-raspios-trixie-arm64-lite-raspberrypi4_64-mender.mender
Log file available at: /Users/bartvanbos/Git/octave/mender-convert/logs/convert.log.1779276686-12689
Debian repo package availability
Below a comparison between Bullseye, Bookworm and Trixie (for ARM64). As one can see, the per mender-convert installable mender-client-version-inventory-script is missing only on Bullseye.
➜ /tmp cat list-mender-packages.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail
BASE_URL="https://downloads.mender.io/repos/device-components/dists/debian"
ARCH="binary-arm64"
DISTROS=(
bullseye
bookworm
trixie
)
TMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
trap 'rm -rf "${TMP_DIR}"' EXIT
for distro in "${DISTROS[@]}"; do
url="${BASE_URL}/${distro}/stable/main/${ARCH}/Packages"
out="${TMP_DIR}/${distro}.Packages"
echo "=== ${distro} ==="
echo "URL: ${url}"
echo
curl --fail --silent --show-error --location "${url}" -o "${out}"
awk '
/^Package: / {
package=$2
}
/^Version: / {
version=$2
if (package != "") {
printf "%-45s %s\n", package, version
package=""
}
}
' "${out}" | sort
echo
done
➜ /tmp ./list-mender-packages.sh | grep mender-client-version-inventory-script
mender-client-version-inventory-script 6.0.0-1+debian+bookworm
mender-client-version-inventory-script 6.0.0-1+debian+trixie