$:~/branches/ettercap (master) $ apt-cache show qemu Package: qemu Priority: optional Section: otherosfs Installed-Size: 556 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4~saucy1 Suggests: qemu-user-static Depends: qemu-system (>= 1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4~saucy1), qemu-user (>= 1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4~saucy1), qemu-utils (>= 1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4~saucy1) Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu_1.7.0+dfsg-2ubuntu4~saucy1_amd64.deb Size: 230798
-------------------------------- $ pbuilder-dist sid armhf login [sudo] password for locutus: W: /home/locutus/.pbuilderrc does not exist I: Building the build Environment I: extracting base tarball [/home/locutus/pbuilder/sid-armhf-base.tgz] this command runs qemu ps ax |grep qemu 1860 pts/8 S 0:00 sudo HOME=/home/locutus ARCHITECTURE=armhf DISTRIBUTION=sid ARCH=armhf DIST=sid DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS= pbuilder --login --distribution sid --buildresult /home/locutus/pbuilder/sid-armhf_result/ --basetgz /home/locutus/pbuilder/sid-armhf-base.tgz --mirror http://ftp.debian.org/debian --debootstrapopts --keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg --components main contrib non-free --debootstrapopts --arch=armhf --debootstrap qemu-debootstrap 1861 pts/8 S 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/sbin/pbuilder --login --distribution sid --buildresult /home/locutus/pbuilder/sid-armhf_result/ --basetgz /home/locutus/pbuilder/sid-armhf-base.tgz --mirror http://ftp.debian.org/debian --debootstrapopts --keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg --components main contrib non-free --debootstrapopts --arch=armhf --debootstrap qemu-debootstrap 2616 pts/8 S+ 0:00 /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static /bin/bash I don't see any difference between your and my method, both of them seems to be calling qemu-debootstrap -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1042388 Title: qemu: Unsupported syscall: 257 (timer_create) Status in QEMU: Confirmed Bug description: Running qemu-arm-static for git HEAD. When I try to install ghc from debian into my arm chroot I get: Setting up ghc (7.4.1-4) ... qemu: Unsupported syscall: 257 ghc: timer_create: Function not implemented qemu: Unsupported syscall: 257 ghc-pkg: timer_create: Function not implemented dpkg: error processing ghc (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: ghc E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1042388/+subscriptions