[Bug]: BTRFS Install fails due to missing btrfs-progs package on Trixie

[mihanson]

What happened?

armbian-config --cmd STO001 presents BTRFS filesystem as an option to install Armbian on other media (uSD) when btrfs-progs is not installed on the host system. Lines 627-669 of the debug log shows the insertion of my uSD reader and lines 647-660 is the failure when BTRFS is selected. After installing btrfs-progs it succeeds at lines 661-669. This is on a Debian Trixie based Armbian image. Specifically, I'm using Armbian_25.8.1_Tritium-h5_trixie_current_6.12.35_minimal.img. I have not tested other Armbian versions (Noble, Bookworm, etc.)

How to reproduce?

To reproduce:

1. Flash a fresh Armbian Trixie image to your device.
2. After initial config, run armbian-upgrade and reboot.
3. Insert a USB uSD reader and run armbian-config --cmd STO001
4. Allow the installer to partition the device and select BTRFS filesystem format.

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[igorpecovnik]

This problem most likely started with Trixie.

@leggewie What do you propose we do here? Is btrfs-progs suitable for minimal image defaults. This can be added to armbian-config dependency, but armbian-install is in fact standalone script that is still a part of the BSP. Integration to armbian-config is planned but we haven't move anywhere in months.

[leggewie]

add a hard Depends on btrfs-progs for armbian-confg package

monitor by how much the size of a minimal installation grows and if you can live with that