Hi, I've just noticed that the version of apt which is currently in experimental wants that you supply the --force-yes flag when apt-get is called with the -y option.
The attached patch adds the --force-yes flag where needed. Thanks. ciao, ema
diff -Nur pbuilder-0.127/pbuilder-createbuildenv pbuilder-0.128/pbuilder-createbuildenv --- pbuilder-0.127/pbuilder-createbuildenv 2004-12-02 00:41:32.000000000 +0100 +++ pbuilder-0.128/pbuilder-createbuildenv 2005-05-12 15:44:54.000000000 +0200 @@ -76,8 +84,8 @@ $CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/dpkg --purge $REMOVEPACKAGES fi recover_aptcache -$CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/apt-get -y dist-upgrade -$CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/apt-get -y install build-essential dpkg-dev apt $EXTRAPACKAGES +$CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/apt-get -y --force-yes dist-upgrade +$CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/apt-get -y --force-yes install build-essential dpkg-dev apt $EXTRAPACKAGES save_aptcache $CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/apt-get clean diff -Nur pbuilder-0.127/pbuilder-satisfydepends pbuilder-0.128/pbuilder-satisfydepends --- pbuilder-0.127/pbuilder-satisfydepends 2003-04-20 05:40:36.000000000 +0200 +++ pbuilder-0.128/pbuilder-satisfydepends 2005-05-12 20:08:48.000000000 +0200 @@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ # now actually install the packages echo " -> Installing ${INSTALLPKGLIST}" - if ! $CHROOTEXEC apt-get -y install ${INSTALLPKGLIST}; then + if ! $CHROOTEXEC apt-get -y --force-yes install ${INSTALLPKGLIST}; then echo " -> Trying to fix apt error" # Work around an apt bug which causes configure to fail. - if $CHROOTEXEC dpkg --configure --pending && $CHROOTEXEC apt-get -y install ${INSTALLPKGLIST}; then + if $CHROOTEXEC dpkg --configure --pending && $CHROOTEXEC apt-get -y --force-yes install ${INSTALLPKGLIST}; then echo " -> Apt bug workaround succeeded" elif [ "$CONTINUE_FAIL" != "yes" ]; then echo "E: Unrecoverable error installing build-dependencies." >&2 diff -Nur pbuilder-0.127/pbuilder-updatebuildenv pbuilder-0.128/pbuilder-updatebuildenv --- pbuilder-0.127/pbuilder-updatebuildenv 2004-06-17 02:19:59.000000000 +0200 +++ pbuilder-0.128/pbuilder-updatebuildenv 2005-05-12 20:09:47.000000000 +0200 @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ recover_aptcache $TRAP saveaptcache_umountproc_cleanbuildplace exit -$CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/apt-get -y "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" dist-upgrade -$CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/apt-get -y install build-essential dpkg-dev apt $EXTRAPACKAGES +$CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/apt-get -y --force-yes "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" dist-upgrade +$CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/apt-get -y --force-yes install build-essential dpkg-dev apt $EXTRAPACKAGES save_aptcache $TRAP umountproc_cleanbuildplace exit $CHROOTEXEC /usr/bin/apt-get clean || true