Bug#333294: [Pbuilder-maint] Bug#333294: Info received (A patch for the default mirror)

Eddy Petrișor eddy.petrisor at gmail.com
Fri Feb 29 13:21:08 UTC 2008


On 29/06/2007, Junichi Uekawa <dancer at netfort.gr.jp> wrote:
> Hi,

Hello again,

This is a mail to say that I have returned to the issue and will
publish my results on alioth:

http://git.debian.org/?p=users/eddyp-guest/pbuilder.git;a=summary

Progres details follow:

> My original plans wrt debconfiscating configuration file was:
>
>  1. no longer ship /etc/pbuilderrc in pbuilder package

done

>  2. generate /etc/pbuilderrc from /usr/share/pbuilder/pbuilderrc, using
>    the debconf-provided defaults.

Needs to be done (postinst feeds on /etc/pbuilderrc even if it doesn't exist).

>  3. make sure pbuilder doesn't change in such a way to require change in default configuration file

That is your problem :-)

>  pbuilder should work fine with an empty or nonexisting
>  /etc/pbuilderrc, since it can pull the default from

Does that work now?

>  /usr/share/pbuilder/pbuilderrc, and newer configuration variables will
>  be taken from there, so upgrade cases shouldn't cause too much
>  problem.

Does pbuilder work properly if pbuilderrc is minimalistic (i.e.
contains only MIRRORSITE=...)?

Then generating a minimal /etc/pbuilderrc with the default sources it
all that it takes to fix this bug (in the light of my existing work),
right?

-- 
Regards,
EddyP
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