[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#751732: Bug#751732: sbuild-createchroot: No overlay configured by default

[Wookey]

+++ Martin Pitt [2014-06-16 06:40 +0200]:
> Package: sbuild
> Version: 0.64.1-1
> 
> Hello,
> 
> When calling sbuild-createchroot like shown in the manpage example:
> 
>   sudo sbuild-createchroot jessie /tmp/jessie http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/

> I. e. this uses type=directory without *any* overlay,
> 
> I'd say this is a fairly unexpected and even misleading default
> configuration. IMHO it should set up a proper union-type, or if that's
> somehow not appropriate (e. g. if not all Debian kernel support aufs),
> rather default to type=tarball.

I don't think it's 'unexpected' for a chroot-creation tool to just
make a plain chroot by default. That certainly what I always
expected. However in the context of building packages, which is really
sbuild's main purpose, a clean chroot for repeatable builds is such a
good idea that I agree it should be the default. Or at the very least
that the manpage example shows the tarball case (which is the one I
always quote in docs).

Wookey
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