[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#782532: Bug#782532: sbuild: Error creating ubuntu chroot: debfoster not found

[Wookey]

+++ Geoffrey Thomas [2015-04-13 15:25 -0400]:
> On Mon, 13 Apr 2015, Dima Kogan wrote:
> 
> >   I: Checking component main on http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu...
> >   E: Couldn't find these debs: debfoster
> 
> It's worth noting that one of the Ubuntu patches is to remove the
> use of debfoster.
> 
> If there's a clever / robust way to make sbuild detect whether the
> target distro is Debian or Ubuntu, and conditionalize debfoster on
> that, that would both fix this bug and remove one of the deltas in
> Ubuntu.

Why does sbuild-createchroot add debfoster? Is it still needed? It's
caused me a certain amount of hassle over the years and so far as I can
tell is not actually doing anything. I always skip installing it and
have never noticed anything bad happening. It feels like a relic.

Wookey
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