[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#801572: Bug#801572: sbuild-update -u not saved

[Roger Leigh]

On 13/10/2015 08:05, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015, Jérémy Lal wrote:
>> doing sbuild-update -udcar sid-amd64-sbuild
>> does update some packages.
>> If i do it again, it does the same thing.
>> Same for just -u.
>> This is not happening with sbuild 0.65.2-1.1.
>>
>> [sid-amd64-sbuild]
>> type=directory
>> union-type=overlay
>
> You are asking for an "overlay" chroot, so you want to update the source
> of the chroot, not the chroot itself.
>
> The correct command to use was always “sbuild-update [options]
> source:sid-amd64-sbuild”.
>
> At least that's my understanding and what my own chroot update scripts
> have been doing for ages.

I /think/ it should be more intelligent here.  If you run it on a chroot 
with a corresponding source chroot, it should automatically work on the 
source chroot.  I can't recall offhand if it does this though; I thought 
it originally did, but if it doesn't it would be a nice addition.


Regards,
Roger