[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#843694: sbuild: No way to pre-install extra-packages before build

[Felipe Sateler]

On 8 November 2016 at 16:39, Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: sbuild
> Version: 0.72.0-2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been trying to run some builds with a modified dpkg, but this
> currently isn't working. sbuild appears to copy the debs to the chroot
> after the initial apt-get update/upgrade, so it will not be
> automatically upgraded.
>
> --chroot-setup-commands= doesn't help because it is also run before
> setting up the apt repository, and --starting-build-commands= is run as
> non-root.
>
> Upon further reading of the manpage, it is explicitly stated that
> --extra-packages is only available for build-dependency resolution, and
> that there is no --$something-command that will run as root but after
> all chroot setup. It would be great to have such a command.

I forgot to add that it is currently possible to --add-depends to
achieve installation, but in the general case where one needs a root command
after injecting the debs (eg, to run some command from the package)
this would not be possible.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler