Unconditionally including firmware in all images by default. This is safe since only firmware available within the configured archive area is included automatically, see manpage.

Updating static list of live specific packages that get unconditionally added and included in the source images.

While the actual firmware packages are automatically detected,
it is handy to have the firmware-linux meta package included
if non-free is enabled. That way, future upgrades to newer kernels
will keep having all available firmware packages pulled in too.

Generating package indices for the detected sections within binary pool, needed for proper firmware package placement.

Installing packages into their detected sections within binary pool, needed for proper firmware package placement.

Making extraction of the manpage section in manpages/Makefile work with multiple dots in the filename.

When removing fstab for live-installer also touch an empty file for it to avoid other packages failing on non-existing fstab.

Avoid calling update-initrd in lb_chroot_hacks if the target system has no initrd, thanks to Hector Oron <zumbi@debian.org>.

Switching default bootstrap mirror from ftp.de.debian.org to ftp.debian.org, now that ftp.debian.org has upgraded hardware and bandwith.