Bug#580086: Messes up /etc/hosts on every call

[Goswin von Brederlow]

Junichi Uekawa <dancer at netfort.gr.jp> writes:

> Hi,
>
> The default should be a working config for most people. The
> requirement to have a different /etc/hosts for the chroot and outside
> the chroot is a special case.
>
>
> At Fri, 14 May 2010 03:03:05 +0200,
> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> 
>> Junichi Uekawa <dancer at netfort.gr.jp> writes:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > That's a good question.  I'm not sure if there is an existing way to
>> > override hosts. Do you see any of the hooks run in the right timing
>> > for overriding hosts?
>> >
>> > Currently copy_local_configuration isn't configurable.
>> 
>> I have no idea what hooks there are so I can't say. Adding a hook to
>> repair /etc/hosts after it got overwritten seems wrong though.
>> 
>> Maybe you could copy /etc/pbuilder/hosts if it exists (same for other
>> local files) instead of the system one. That way one can provide a
>> proper file if needed and the change to copy_local_configuration would
>> be small.
>> 
>> MfG
>>         Goswin
>> 

How does that conflict with "if it exists"? If the special file does not
exist then /etc/hosts can still be used.

Alternatively an option to just not copy the file every time would be
fine too.

MfG
        Goswin