Hi, On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 01:03:34PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Lior Kaplan <[email protected]> writes: > > > Package: git-buildpackage > > Version: 0.6.32 > > Severity: normal > > > $ git-pbuilder create > > /usr/bin/git-pbuilder: line 243: sudo: command not found > > > git-pbuilder needs sudo to work, but sudo isn't a mandatory package > > (priority optional). Please add a dependency to make sure it wouldn't > > fail. > > It may be worth noting that this is an optional feature; I'm not sure how > many people use that interface. (I actually don't myself; I just use it > for building.) Also, just having sudo installed isn't enough. You also > have to have the sudo rules set up to allow the user to run cowbuilder, > and since that gives the user root on the local host without a whole lot > of work, I'm not sure if it's something we want to set up by default.
We could improve the error message (i.e. check for sudo and point to the sudo package + mention that configuration is needed). That would at least make it clear that the user did the right thing. Suggesting sudo is probably a good thing either. Cheers, -- Guido
