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

brian m. carlson sandals at crustytoothpaste.net
Fri Dec 25 22:48:04 UTC 2015


On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 01:07:33AM +0100, Johannes Schauer wrote:
> Control: tag -1 + unreproducible moreinfo
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 22:20:26 +0000 "brian m. carlson" <sandals at crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I cannot reproduce this problem. Can you try again and confirm that you are
> still seeing this problem? Otherwise I'll close this bug as unreproducible.

I'm not using sbuild at the moment, so it's fine to close this.  I'll
reopen it if I start using sbuild again and it reoccurs.
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