[ubuntu-dev] Bug#652000: /usr/bin/pbuilder-dist: pbuilder-dist ignores environment and has no way to set a custom pbuilderrc

[Stefano Rivera]

Hi Karl (2011.12.14_01:57:05_+0200)
> Because pbuilder-dist is available in squeeze, but qemu-debootstrap
> isn't, I've downloaded the script from bug 572952 and I'm trying to use
> it with pbuilder-dist. Unfortunately, despite saying "install or change
> DEBOOTSTRAP option" it seems to ignore the environment and the users
> .pbuilderrc. Could this be changed please? It makes it excessively hard
> to use the thing, to the extent that you need to be able to edit roots
> pbuilderrc.

pbuilder-dist is passing --debootstrap qemu-debootstrap to pbuilder.
That overrides anything in pbuilderrc. Can you not put it somewhere on
your PATH?

SR

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