[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#666274: Bug#666274: schroot complains about unknow source-root-groups config entry

[Roger Leigh]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 09:53:30AM +0200, Raphaël Hertzog wrote:
> 
> I have this warning about a chroot I setup:
> $ LANG=C schroot -c squeeze -p
> W: line 7 [sid-test]: Unknown key 'source-root-groups' used
> I: This option may be present in a newer version
> 
> However man schroot.conf clearly documents this key:
> After investigation, it turns out that this specific chroot was
> lacking my usual "union-type=aufs" entry... I believe that the error
> message should be improved to point out the real underlying problem
> because claiming that the key is unknown is misleading.

We currently treat any key which isn't settable as "unknown".
Maybe we should report it as "invalid" instead?  Or we could
have a list of known and deprecated keys, and tailor the
warning appropriately.  In this specific case, without the
union-type setting, the chroot most likely isn't a source
chroot, and hence there is not means to set that key on that
particular chroot instance (it entirely lacks the logic, the
chroot_facet_source_clonable facet), so is completely
unaware that it's valid in other contexts.


Regards,
Roger

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