[Buildd-tools-devel] Bug#477937: Bug#477937: double check for repo type

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Roger Leigh <rleigh at whinlatter.ukfsn.org> [2008.04.26.2248 +0200]:
> The chroot type is not just something used by the scripts--it's a
> class in the source code which defines its properties in the
> configuration file as well as some aspects of its behaviour.  To add a
> new type you would need to derive a new type e.g. sbuild::chroot_git
> and add that into the sbuild::chroot factory function that
> instantiates chroot objects.

Is there actually much that has to happen in the C source?
I understand it's a process:

  1. prepare the base directory of the chroot
  2. chroot into it
  3. run command

1+2 have to be run as root. But is there any reason they shouldn't
just be shell scripts, like 05file?

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