This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-dev-tools - 0.105
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ubuntu-dev-tools (0.105) experimental; urgency=low
[ Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals ]
* pbuilder-dist, doc/pbuilder-dist.1:
- Export the distribution and architecture information to the environment
so
Hi Sigfried,
Of course I use symlinks all the time, what do you want to tell me in
your last comment?
The goal is too use other urls of package archives in the chroots, but
only for specific distriubutions. In the config snippet, posted
initially, you see that there is the -backports
Oh, I see. Sorry, I got confused about what you were asking for.
I'll look into this somewhen soon.
** Changed in: ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Confirmed
** Changed in: ubuntu-dev-tools (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) = Siegfried Gevatter (rainct)
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pbuilder-dist and flexible configuration files
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628933
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I have just pushed a possible solution, can you please test whether this
works for you?
If I understood the problem correctly, your attempt to change os.environ
didn't work because by default `sudo' strips out all unknown variables
(see sudo -s 'sudo -V'). This can be worked around by defining
Can you change the get_command function to return a list and use
subprocess.call instead of os.system like we do in sponsor-patch?
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pbuilder-dist and flexible configuration files
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628933
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Are you aware that if you create symlinks with names like pbuilder-
maverick or pbuilder-experimental-i386 pointing to /usr/bin/pbuilder-
dist it will take the distribution and architecture from the executable
name?
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pbuilder-dist and flexible configuration files
Thank you for your bug report. I don't understand your request, though,
could you please elaborate on which functionality you are missing?
(By the way, the old pbuilder-dist is still available in ubuntu-dev-
tools as pbuilder-dist-simple.)
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Importance:
Hi Sigfried,
thanks to your fast reply. To hopefully clarify it more shortly: The old
shell pbuilder-dist script had the possibility to add some variable
exports somewhere like
export DIST = $DISTRIBUTION
export ARCH = $ARCHITECTURE
This is not possible for me within the python script at least
