On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 21:22:07 +0200 "Jeffrey Ratcliffe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/6/8 Martijn van Iersel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'm trying to create multiple pbuilders, as described in > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto. I'm using the exact > > pbuilderrc mentioned in the howto, but with intrepid added to the > > list of possible values for DIST. It's not working. For some reason > > my .pbuilderrc is ignored. For example, if I do > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ DIST=blah sudo pbuilder create > > I had exactly the same problem, and ended up solving it with: > > sudo DIST=blah pbuilder create > > i.e. the version of sudo in hardy doesn't seem to hand on the > environmental variables. > > Regards > > Jeff > This behavior is correct. Sudo shouldn't hand on variables. You start a new shell when you do sudo and therefor variables will be reset. Type 'env' as your user and then 'sudo env' and you will see that variables set as a normal user aren't available. -- Peter van der Does GPG key: E77E8E98 Blog: http://blog.avirtualhome.com Forums: http://forums.avirtualhome.com Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GetDeb Package Builder http://www.getdeb.net - Software you want for Ubuntu
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