Re: pbuilder failure: "groups: cannot find name for group ID 123"

[Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:22, Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just started using pbuilder and have a hook script to log me in
> to pbuilder upon error.
>
> In the package source directory, in this case "xmlwrapp-0.6.2," I execute:
>
>  $ sudo pbuilder --build --logfile pbuilder.log ../*.dsc
>
> The build eventually fails with this error:
>
>  # groups: cannot find name for group ID 123
>
> There is an existing group with that number in my /etc/group:
>
>  pkcs11:x:123:root
>
> which is apparently associated with one of the public key packages.
>
> I have looked at the source code but don't see any real help.
>
> I have tried setting this in my ~/.pbuilderrc:
>
>  BUILDRESULTGID=999
>
> but it doesn't change anything.
>
> I am using Ubuntu 10.10, 64-bit, with pkbuilder installed through the
> package manager and its version shows as: 0.198ubuntu2
>
> Any ideas?

Is pbuilder supported or even recommended any more?

Thanks.

Best regards,

-Tom