[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#717523: sbuild: sbuild-shell fails with E: Failed to create build directory /build

[brian m. carlson]

Package: sbuild
Version: 0.64.0-1
Severity: normal

I have followed the directions listed at http://wiki.debian.org/sbuild
to create a chroot, and now trying to run sbuild-shell to install some
packages:

  vauxhall ok % sudo sbuild-shell source:sid-amd64-sbuild
  E: Failed to create build directory /build
  Failed to set up chroot
  Error setting up source:sid-amd64-sbuild chroot
  Chroot setup failed at /usr/bin/sbuild-shell line 42.

Trying sbuild-update fails in a similar way:

  vauxhall no % sudo sbuild-update -ud sid
  E: Failed to create build directory /build
  Failed to set up chroot
  Error setting up sid chroot
  Chroot setup failed at /usr/bin/sbuild-update line 168.

I expect any command that I run will be equally functional.

I have not found any documentation dealing with this issue, so if this
is something trivial to fix, please consider this a request for adding
documentation that will help users solve the problem for themselves.

The chroot information is below:

  [sid-amd64-sbuild]
  type=file
  description=Debian sid/amd64 autobuilder
  file=/var/lib/sbuild/sid-amd64.tar.gz
  groups=root,sbuild
  root-groups=root,sbuild

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.10-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages sbuild depends on:
ii  adduser         3.113+nmu3
ii  apt-utils       0.9.9.2
ii  libsbuild-perl  0.64.0-1
ii  perl            5.14.2-21
ii  perl-modules    5.14.2-21

Versions of packages sbuild recommends:
ii  debootstrap  1.0.53
ii  fakeroot     1.19-2

Versions of packages sbuild suggests:
ii  deborphan  1.7.28.8
ii  wget       1.14-2

-- no debconf information

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