control: retitle -1 pbuilder: allow using something different than the PID as build directory control: severity -1 wishlist
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 12:50:33PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Felix Geyer dixit:
>
> >because all pbuilder instances have the same pid and that pid is used
> >to generate the build path.
>
> Erm: “Don’t Do That Then”?
erm, I agree with tg :)
> That’s a totally nōn-unixy thing, so it’s no wonder things break,
> as on Unix, PIDs being unique for as long as the program runs is
> a guarantee.
Indeed.
>> I run pbuilder builds in separate PID namespaces to get a bit of isolation
>> from the rest of the system.
Though your are not the only person that made me notice that and wants to run
pbuilder under pid isolation.
As such, I want to allow different solutions for the choice of the build
directory, maybe defaulting on $$, but allowing something else too.
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