Sorry for the duplicate, this time with the ML on cc: On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 03:24:11PM -0700, Ken Dreyer wrote: > The git-pbuilder man page says that git-buildpackage passes environment > variables through to git-pbuilder. This may have been true long ago, but > it's not true today. git-buildpackage overrides several environment > variables according to various --git-* options. Describe these and point > to the git-buildpackage manpage for more information. > --- > bin/git-pbuilder | 8 +++++--- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/bin/git-pbuilder b/bin/git-pbuilder > index b7db36c..2eb84cb 100644 > --- a/bin/git-pbuilder > +++ b/bin/git-pbuilder > @@ -404,9 +404,11 @@ B<git-buildpackage> to use it, add a stanza like: > > in your F<gbp.conf> file (which can be F<.gbp.conf> in your home directory > or at the top level of the repository, or F<gbp.conf> in the F<.git> > -directory). DIST and ARCH are read as an environment variable so that you > -can set it before running B<git-buildpackage> without having to worry > -about passing parameters through B<git-buildpackage>. > +directory). B<git-buildpackage> ignores the environment's DIST, ARCH, > BUILDER, > +GIT_PBUILDER_AUTOCONF, and GIT_PBUILDER_OPTIONS variables. Use the > +B<git-buildpackage> command-line arguments instead: B<--git-dist>, > +B<--git-arch>, B<--git-qemubuilder>, B<--git-pbuilder-autoconf>, and > +B<--git-pbuilder-options>. See the B<git-buildpackage> manpage for details.
This is true if you use --git-pbuilder however if you use --git-builder=git-pbuiler then the environment is left untouched so maybe this should read: B<git-buildpackage> overwrites the environment's DIST, ARCH, BUILDER, ... options when used with B<--git-pbuilder> with the corresponding values from the command line and configuration files like ... <list of options as above> Does this make sense? Cheers, -- Guido > > Alternately, B<git-pbuilder> may be called with an argument of C<update>, > C<create>, or C<login>. In this case, it calls B<cowbuilder> (or the > -- > 2.4.3 > _______________________________________________ git-buildpackage mailing list git-buildpackage@lists.sigxcpu.org http://lists.sigxcpu.org/mailman/listinfo/git-buildpackage