[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#843137: Bug#843137: sbuild: fails to deal with sid chroots (missing gpg)

[Johannes Schauer]

Hi,

Quoting Cyril Brulebois (2016-11-04 08:31:39)
> Backports is not for fixing bugs in stable.

yes, that's why I'm not closing this.

> If you need help preparing a stable update to address this, please say so.

there are two issues with performing a stable update:

 1. should tools in stable be able to cope with packages from unstable? I am
    unsure whether sbuild in stable (not backports) is even supposed to be able
    to cope with unstable chroots.

 2. the amount of effort required to cope with the changed situation in stretch
    (especially with respect to gpg) is huge. The existing patches are several
    hundred lines long. Help would indeed be appreciated to backport these
    patches. I fought with the gnupg situation for months to get it right and
    make things both forward and backward compatible. Lots of work is needed to
    do this right and test everything for a stable update. Unfortunately, this
    is time I currently don't have. I would be available though for guidance
    for anybody who's willing to give this a go.

Thanks,

cheers, josch
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