Bug#789868: pbuilder: pdebuild fails with sudo error

[Mattia Rizzolo]

control: tag -1 unreproducible

On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 12:25:02AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2015-10-05 14:44:47 +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> > But semantics aside: I use a wrapper script that takes the target
> > distribution (and, optionally, architecture) as first argument,
> > then calls eatmydata cowbuilder with the rest, running linux32 or
> > linux64, possibly with --uname-2.6, prepended to it.
> > 
> > This sounds as if it would solve your problem.
> 
> I don't see how. The problem is that the -E sudo option is used
> even when it doesn't work and isn't needed.

So, I created a really fresh VM (with an old testing from the time
testing was jessie), dist-upgrade it to sid.
installed sudo (and pbuilder to try it out).
So, out of the box I could do the following:

    $ export hello=world
    $ sudo -E echo $hello
    world

I thus claim the default sudo config allow you to use -E.

Out of curiosity, I tried and I successfully used pdebuild (the pbuilder
failed because I didn't create the base.tgz, but it got to that point,
which is something).

Please, check better your sudo config, I believe you (maybe involontary)
changed the part that allows you to use it.

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