Bug#668469: closed by Andrea Palazzi <palazziandrea at yahoo.it> (Bug#668469: fixed in aster 10.6.0-1-2)

[Aaron M. Ucko]

Andrea Palazzi <palazziandrea at yahoo.it> writes:

> I see that it still fails with this problem, is it due to the fact
> that I didn't set the HOME in the same command, or it's a strange
> behaviour of the as_run command that is being called?

It's most likely due to the fact that the HOME setting didn't stick,
though I have run into cases of code that bypasses HOME and consults the
passwd database directly. :-/

> I've been using cowbuilder to test the building process, but it's not
> enough... Is there a way to test the package against the buildd
> environment before submitting it?

I believe the official autobuilders all use sbuild; that said, it should
also be possible to reproduce the problem elsewhere by adjusting your
baseline filesystem or environment suitably.

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