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

[Stefano Rivera]

Hi Karl (2011.12.14_02:14:53_+0200)
> PATH=$PATH:/script/location/ in roots .pbuilderrc: PASS
> Hard coding the path in a copy of the script: PASS
> 
> So it seems it might actually be a path issue, not a DEBOOTSTRAP one.
> Not sure if the script should be changed to match the man page, or the
> man page to match the script.

Which manpage are we talking about?

Having to set up *anything* in root's .pbuilderrc is a bad sign.
It should be using your .pbuilderrc.

This is why pbuilder-dist now refuses to be run under sudo, and calls
sudo itself. A bit of an ugly hack, but not too much one can do about
it...

SR

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