Package: pbuilder Version: 0.129 Severity: normal Short request: Please document how to get pbuilder working for tesating and unstable target for stable system in /usr/share/doc/pbuilder/pbuilder-doc.htm I think installing backported pbuilder is the only sure solution.
Long story... Thanks for providing nice tool. pbuilde now should be called "pristine builder". Anyway, here I go. We understand that we can not release a functioning stable package which depends on how Debian evolves after its release. At the same time, our objective is to have all the stable package to be completely functioning. If pbuilder in stable release does not work for next release candidate (testing) or sid (unstable) target, this is something we should accept as a life. (in terms of code.) But I thought we can do better. How? It is by adding few lines in its documentation. If documentation clearly states limitation of pbuilder under stable (or bveven testing) environment, it should reduce trouble for newcommer. As for the solution, I think just installing unstable version is mostly fine since pbuilder is just shell script. But I am sure you know better. I am just pointing apt-src to unstable and using "apt-get source" and "debuild" to create local package. Then installing just in case you are including some binary tools. May I suggest to add some words in the footnote [2]. Etch++ may have some serious change so etch version of pbuilder may not work. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages pbuilder depends on: ii coreutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii debootstrap 0.2.45-0.2 Bootstrap a basic Debian system ii gcc 4:3.3.5-3 The GNU C compiler ii wget 1.9.1-12 retrieves files from the web -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
