Newbie question 2

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Hi Jaromir,

|--==> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:06:17 +0100 (CET), Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes at seznam.cz> said:

  JM> <  Hello,
  JM> <  
  JM> <  if I understand well I need pbuilder or cowbuilder to create package in Debian
  JM> <  unstable (sid) environment on my Ubuntu based distro.

You can create your packages in your current environment, but yes you
should build them with pbuilder/cowbuilder to ensure the proper libs
are used.

  JM> <  And this is best/only way if I want this package will be in official
  JM> <  debian/ubuntu repos latter?
  JM> <  
  JM> I assume that the answer is "yes" and install pbuilder because cowbuilder is not in ubuntu repositories.
  JM> I can't build chroot directory :

cowbuilder is a program of the cowdancer package:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=cowdancer

If you don't have to use it frequently pbuilder is fine, OTOH
cowbuilder is faster but also a bit trickier sometimes.

Ciao!

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