[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#813360: Overlayfs available on newer Linux kernel only

[Luca Falavigna]

Package: sbuild
Version: 0.67.0-1
Severity: minor


Since version 0.67.0, sbuild create directory chroots using overlayfs.

Beside the fact overlayfs is available since 3.18 Linux kernels, which
makes a little bit harder to backport latest sbuild (for instance,
Jessie has 3.16), this change could cause issues on systems where
overlayfs is not available (thinking about kFreeBSD, for instance).

Would a patch adding a new switch to define a different union-type
method be welcome?

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Cheers,
Luca