[buildd-tools-devel] [PATCH] Remove debfoster from things automatically installed by sbuild-createchroot

[Roger Leigh]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 09:49:31AM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 02:15:06AM +0000, Wookey wrote:
> > It is no longer needed as apt has all the relevant functionality and
> > it has been deprecated since 2006. This also means that
> > sbuild-createchroot work on ubuntu without adding
> > --components=main,universe (although maybe it should in fact do this
> > automatically for practical buildd use)
> 
> FWIW, we still use "debfoster -f" on debian.org buildds because it forces the
> package set to comply with the keepers.  I.e. afterwards we're guaranteed to
> get back to the minimal chroot.  apt doesn't do that.  If you told it to
> install things, they won't be listed in autoremove.

Out of interest, how commonly is this needed now that we have
snapshots?

I would have thought that nowadays there is little reason to do any
manual package install/remove in a buildd chroot after the initial
debootstrap.  It would be useful to know what situations require
this.


Regards,
Roger

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