You can override the directory using the PBUILDFOLDER variable.
For example, add export PBUILDFOLDER="/opt/builder/" to your
.bashrc for cowbuilder-dist to use /opt/builder as folder for
everything.
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cowbuilder-dist fails if /home is on different partition than /var
https://bugs.launchpad.
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubuntu-dev-tools
by default cowbuilder create chroot in the home directory of the user.
If I try to update the chroot, I get "invalid cross-device link" as /home is a
separate partition.
cowbuilder-dist should maybe not create the chroot there by defaul