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

[Dmitry Semyonov]

Junichi,

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Junichi Uekawa wrote:

> > 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 ?

Not for everybody. Besides that, I just skip to the option of interest 
rather than reading the whole man page from the top to the bottom 
until something goes wrong ;) So, this is a question of usability.

I'm fine with current changes (0.147) to the man page, but IMHO 
putting the example EXTRAPACKAGES with 3 items (and probably the note 
about shell script) not just to the man page but also to the installed 
pbuilderrc would be the right thing to do.

-- 
...Bye..Dmitry.