Bug#352224: [Pbuilder-maint] Bug#352224: pbuilder: Can't specify multiple packages for EXTRAPACKAGES

Junichi Uekawa dancer at netfort.gr.jp
Sat Feb 11 12:53:25 UTC 2006


Hi,

> Comma-separated list of EXTRAPACKAGES does not work due to apt is
> unable to find "pkg1,pkg2,pkg3" package.
> 
> Space-separated list of EXTRAPACKAGES works only if it is enclosed
> with quotes, i.e. "pkg1 pkg2 pkg3". Otherwise (without quotes),
> pkg2 command gets executed with pkg3 argument somewhere at the beginning.
> 
> So, at least there should be a comment about list separator and quoting
> requirement in pbuilderrc. Better solution is to allow any format.

Should it suffice to document that pbuilderrc is a shell script that
is sourced from shell ?


regards,
	junichi
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