* Angus Lees [Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:00:11 +0100]:

> This is because the buildd gid doesn't appear in /etc/groups (in the build
> chroot).

> The apache config file doesn't accept numeric group ids so there isn't much
> I can do to avoid this (frequent) buildd problem - except perhaps perform my
> own explicit check for this condition and print a more useful error message.

Well, I'm glad you have an explanation for the failure. If it happens
regularly on the buildds, then I guess it's in your best interest to
solve it somehow, be it poking the buildd admins to fix the chroot, or
introducing a workaround. Otherwise new versions won't be able to
migrate to testing.

Cheers,

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Adeodato Simó                                     dato at net.com.org.es
Debian Developer                                  adeodato at debian.org
 
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