Bug#403246: [buildd-tools-devel] Bug#403246: Bug#403246: sbuild’s shortcomings

2011-02-16 Thread Philipp Kern
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:18:57PM +, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Roger Leigh dixit: > >cowbuilder has one major flaw: the copy-on-write is implemented by > >LD_PRELOAD, as a shared library copied from the host system. This > >precludes the build environment from having a glibc incompatible with

Bug#403246: [buildd-tools-devel] Bug#403246: sbuild’s shortcomings

2011-02-16 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Roger Leigh dixit: >cowbuilder has one major flaw: the copy-on-write is implemented by >LD_PRELOAD, as a shared library copied from the host system. This >precludes the build environment from having a glibc incompatible with >the host, since it would break the copy-on-write functionality. Intere

Bug#403246: [buildd-tools-devel] Bug#403246: sbuild’s shortcomings

2011-02-16 Thread Roger Leigh
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:03:15AM +0100, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > why not “just” write something that walks like an sbuild, > quacks like an sbuild, and calls cowbuilder? > > This would solve all the problems with tearing down pak- > kage installation etc. > > … except #363193 (I think pbuilder

Bug#403246: sbuild’s shortcomings

2011-02-16 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hi, why not “just” write something that walks like an sbuild, quacks like an sbuild, and calls cowbuilder? This would solve all the problems with tearing down pak- kage installation etc. … except #363193 (I think pbuilder too needs some love, or team maintenance). bye, //mirabilos, who built “a