** Description changed: The fix: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pbuilder/pbuilder.git/commit/?id=bf1acdc [Impact] The remove_packages() function in pbuilder-modules contains: if (dpkg -s "$pkg" 2>&1)>/dev/null ; then This obviously must if ($CHROOTEXEC dpkg -s "$pkg" 2>&1)>/dev/null ; then This causes remove_packages() to try to remove packages that are not present, actually making the function not working at all in some - circumstances, leading to crashes. + circumstances, leading to crashes; or anyway, it causes it to try to + remove packages from the chroot even when they are not there. [Test Case] + 2 ways: + + 1) * get a sarge chroot, or anyway around that time - * assuming you have pbuilder installed on the host and not in the chroot, run: + * assuming you have pbuilder installed on the host and not in the chroot, + run: pbuilder u --removepackages pbuilder + * pbuilder crashes + 2) + * get a regular chroot of something common these days + * run `pbuilder u --removepackages pbuilder` + * notice how it tries to remove pbuilder from inside the chroot (it + shouldn't even try) [Regression Potential] - * for yakkety, no potential regression, this is a targetted fix. + * for yakkety, no potential regression, this is a targeted fix.
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