On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:15:53PM -0500, Neil Gunton wrote: > > I don't know if this is relevant, but I just noticed this when running > pbuilder create: > > root:/usr/src/perl-5.8.4# pbuilder create > W: /root/.pbuilderrc does not exist > Distribution is sid. > Building the build environment > -> running debootstrap > I: Retrieving debootstrap.invalid_dists_sid_Release > I: Validating debootstrap.invalid_dists_sid_Release > I: Retrieving debootstrap.invalid_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages > ... > I: Validating perl-modules > I: Retrieving sed > I: Validating sed > E: Couldn't download slang1a-utf8 > pbuilder: debootstrap failed > -> Aborting with an error > -> cleaning the build env > -> removing directory /var/cache/pbuilder/build//11973 and its > subdirectories > > Why does it mention 'sid' as the distribution? I am running Sarge. Where > does it get Sid from? Is this something I should be concerned about > (apart from the actual error that occurs later)? > The default for pbuilder is to create a Sid chroot. Incidentally, you should really be using the pbuilder from backoprts, which fixes a great many bugs. Have you created the pbuilderrc file as I explain in my HOWTO? Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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