--- a/dev/chroot-test/action/install-installables	Wed Sep 07 11:17:12 2011 +0100
+++ b/dev/chroot-test/action/install-installables	Wed Sep 07 11:28:25 2011 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if $CHROOT_TEST_INSTALLDEB ; then
+if ${CHROOT_TEST_INSTALLDEB:-false} ; then
     aptitude --allow-untrusted --quiet --without-recommends --assume-yes  install \
          debconf python python-support adduser openssh-server ucf
     echo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/mercurial-common_*.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/mercurial_*.deb *.deb