On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 07:20:47AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 26/01/08 at 08:59 +0000, Roger Leigh wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 03:25:15PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > > > I'm not really sure of what we should do about those problems. The > > > easiest way to fix them is to use source-only uploads (to avoid packages > > > built on broken maintainer machines), and a better sbuild that can use > > > lvm snapshots so that it can start all builds with a clean environment. > > > > Routine testing of this sort would help to catch this sort of problem, > > since always building in a clean chroot will "mask" the problem--but > > clean chroots would effectively prevent this for Debian. > > > > Just FYI, there is a patch currently being discussed on the > > buildd-tools-devel list which would add union filesystem support in > > addition to lvm-snapshots. This would also provide a mechanism to > > always ensure a clean build (by overlaying a temporary scratch > > filesystem over a clean chroot). > > I was under the impression that the packaged sbuild isn't the one used > on buildds, and that the buildd-tools-devel list discusses the packaged > tools, not the one from the buildds.
Correct. > So this improvement would only be available for the users of the > packaged sbuild? Probably > Are there any plans to move to the packaged versions on the buildds? Not to my knowledge. -- <Lo-lan-do> Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
