[Pbuilder-maint] Bug#396056: pdebuild: does not tell anything when package build failed

[Yann Dirson]

Package: pbuilder
Version: 0.159, 0.160
Severity: normal

I spent some time trying to see why some packages which previously built
suddenly do not build any more.  It is in fact not pbuilder's fault, but
I have only recently activated the PKGNAME_LOGFILE flag, and it took me
some time to realize that when a build fails in this case, the only
information is in the log.

pdebuild only exists with non-zero status, and does not even report that
there was an error.  IHMO, it should report that, and tell the user in
which logfile to look for details.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (90, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.4-smp-gbbde1285
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages pbuilder depends on:
ii  cdebootstrap                  0.3.11     Bootstrap a Debian system
ii  coreutils                     5.97-5     The GNU core utilities
ii  debianutils                   2.17       Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  debootstrap                   0.3.3      Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii  gcc                           4:4.1.1-13 The GNU C compiler
ii  wget                          1.10.2-2   retrieves files from the web

Versions of packages pbuilder recommends:
ii  cowdancer                     0.23       Copy-on-write directory tree utili
ii  devscripts                    2.9.22     Scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii  fakeroot                      1.5.10     Gives a fake root environment
ii  sudo                          1.6.8p12-4 Provide limited super user privile

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