chroot for source compiling

[Junichi Uekawa]

At Wed, 20 May 2009 16:37:36 +0300,
anatoly techtonik wrote:
> 
> I needed it to be able to download source package right after login to
> start working inside chroot environment. Because chroot lacks vim it
> was impossible to edit /etc/apt/sources.list  I used --othermirror in
> the end, but I wonder what is the purpose of commenting deb-src?
> 
> BTW, if it were possible to execute arbitrary command on the chroot
> side using "pbuilder execute" without the need to wrap it in a script
> first, the whole process would be more fun.

Try:
echo 'command-line' | pbuilder --login 

> 
> Please CC.
> 
> --anatoly t.
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Junichi Uekawa <dancer at netfort.gr.jp> wrote:
> > Do you mean you need it to build packages or for --login?
> >
> > At Mon, 18 May 2009 22:49:40 +0300,
> > anatoly techtonik wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I wonder if it would be useful if pbuilder could create chroot
> >> environment for work with sources with uncommented "deb-src" lines in
> >> /etc/apt/sources.list ?  It already detects deb-src repository
> >> correctly and places corresponding line in source.list, but comments
> >> it. Is it possible to avoid copying the same line into --othermirror
> >> option?
> >>
> >> Please, CC.
> >>
> >> --anatoly t.
> >>
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