Bug#505695: pbuilder keeps silent when it fails copying files to --buildresult

[Nicolas Chauvat]

Package: pbuilder
Version: 0.183
Severity: normal
Tags: patch


I happen to have my --buildresult directory in ~/dist with /home NFS-mounted with rootsquash. On the host on which I build the package root cannot write to my home directory. It took me some time to realize that 'sudo pbuilder' had not the permission to write there because /usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-buildpackage reads:

  cp -p "${BUILDPLACE}"/tmp/buildd/* "${BUILDRESULT}" 2>/dev/null || true

I have no idea why "|| true" was deemed a good idea, but I suggest to fix the above issue by 
removing it, since it will print out a message when cp fails.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=, LC_CTYPE= (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages pbuilder depends on:
ii  cdebootstrap                  0.5.3      Bootstrap a Debian system
ii  coreutils                     6.10-6     The GNU core utilities
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.24     Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                   2.30       Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  debootstrap                   1.0.10     Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii  gcc                           4:4.3.2-2  The GNU C compiler
ii  wget                          1.11.4-2   retrieves files from the web

Versions of packages pbuilder recommends:
pn  cowdancer                     <none>     (no description available)
ii  devscripts                    2.10.39    scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii  fakeroot                      1.10.1     Gives a fake root environment
ii  sudo-ldap [sudo]              1.6.9p17-1 Provide limited super user privile

Versions of packages pbuilder suggests:
pn  gdebi                         <none>     (no description available)
pn  pbuilder-uml                  <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  pbuilder/nomirror:
  pbuilder/mirrorsite: http://cdn.debian.net/debian
  pbuilder/rewrite: false