# Mender-convert for Debian Bullseye broken since 5.1.0

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-for-debian-bullseye-broken-since-5-1-0/8275>\
**Category:** Debian family\
**Tags:** mender-convert\
**Created:** [May 20, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-for-debian-bullseye-broken-since-5-1-0/8275 "2026-05-20T12:01:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![bartvanbos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@bartvanbos](https://hub.mender.io/u/bartvanbos)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-for-debian-bullseye-broken-since-5-1-0/8275/1 "2026-05-20T12:01:43Z")

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# 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](https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-convert), 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](https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-convert) 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

```auto
➜ 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:
    Debug this container error with Gordon → docker ai "help me fix this container error"
Log file available at: /Users/bartvanbos/Git/octave/mender-convert/logs/convert.log.1779277858-34585

```

## Bookworm & Trixie succeeding

```auto
➜ 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.

```auto
➜ /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

```

---

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**Author:** ![bartvanbos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@bartvanbos](https://hub.mender.io/u/bartvanbos)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-for-debian-bullseye-broken-since-5-1-0/8275/2 "2026-05-20T12:40:03Z")

</div>

> [@bartvanbos](#):
>
> Package mender-client-version-inventory-script

Looking at the content of this Debian package on Trixie and Bookworm, the only thing this package does it to add the `mender_client_version` to the inventory printing mechanism.

```auto
➜ /tmp mkdir -p mender-client-version-inventory-script/bookworm mender-client-version-inventory-script/trixie
➜ /tmp dpkg-deb -x mender-client-version-inventory-script_6.0.0-1+debian+bookworm_all.deb mender-client-version-inventory-script/bookworm
➜ /tmp dpkg-deb -x mender-client-version-inventory-script_6.0.0-1+debian+trixie_all.deb mender-client-version-inventory-script/trixie
➜ /tmp cd mender-client-version-inventory-script
➜ mender-client-version-inventory-script tree
.
├── bookworm
│ └── usr
│ └── share
│ ├── doc
│ │ └── mender-client-version-inventory-script
│ │ ├── changelog.Debian.gz
│ │ ├── changelog.gz
│ │ └── copyright
│ └── mender
│ └── inventory
│ └── mender-inventory-client-version
└── trixie
    └── usr
        └── share
            ├── doc
            │ └── mender-client-version-inventory-script
            │ ├── changelog.Debian.gz
            │ ├── changelog.gz
            │ └── copyright
            └── mender
                └── inventory
                    └── mender-inventory-client-version

15 directories, 8 files

➜ mender-client-version-inventory-script cat bookworm/usr/share/mender/inventory/mender-inventory-client-version
echo mender_client_version=6.0.0
➜ mender-client-version-inventory-script cat trixie/usr/share/mender/inventory/mender-inventory-client-version
echo mender_client_version=6.0.0

```

---

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**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-for-debian-bullseye-broken-since-5-1-0/8275/3 "2026-05-21T13:42:51Z")

</div>

Hi @bartvanbos,

Thanks for reaching out! The default version in `mender-convert` has been bumped to 6.0 as you can see from the log, which was released after `bullseye` was EOLed. Hence it is not provided for that release anymore.

As far as I know, the last release to support `bullseye` is 5.0.3, so if you select that version it should work.

Greetz,  
Josef