[Pbuilder-maint] problem with pbuilder 0.140bpo1

[Soumyadip Modak]

I'm on a standard sarge machine and I get this problem

ghoseb at zope:~$ sudo pbuilder create
Distribution is sarge.
Building the build environment
 -> running debootstrap
/usr/sbin/debootstrap
I: Retrieving Release
I: Retrieving Packages
I: Validating Packages
I: Resolving dependencies of required packages...
I: Resolving dependencies of base packages...
I: Found additional required dependencies: libtext-iconv-perl zlib1g
I: Checking component main on http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian...
I: Retrieving adduser
I: Validating adduser
I: Retrieving apt
I: Validating apt
I: Retrieving apt-utils
I: Validating apt-utils
I: Retrieving aptitude
I: Validating aptitude
I: Retrieving at
I: Validating at
I: Retrieving base-config
I: Validating base-config
I: Retrieving base-files
I: Validating base-files
I: Retrieving base-passwd
I: Validating base-passwd
I: Retrieving bash
I: Validating bash
I: Retrieving bsdmainutils
I: Validating bsdmainutils
I: Retrieving bsdutils
I: Validating bsdutils
I: Retrieving console-common
I: Validating console-common
I: Retrieving console-data
I: Validating console-data
I: Retrieving console-tools
I: Validating console-tools
I: Retrieving coreutils
I: Validating coreutils
I: Retrieving cpio
I: Validating cpio
I: Retrieving cron
I: Validating cron
I: Retrieving debconf
I: Validating debconf
I: Retrieving debconf-i18n
I: Validating debconf-i18n
I: Retrieving debianutils
I: Validating debianutils
I: Retrieving dhcp-client
I: Validating dhcp-client
I: Retrieving diff
I: Validating diff
I: Retrieving dpkg
I: Validating dpkg
I: Retrieving dselect
I: Validating dselect
I: Retrieving e2fslibs
I: Validating e2fslibs
I: Retrieving e2fsprogs
I: Validating e2fsprogs
I: Retrieving ed
I: Validating ed
I: Retrieving exim4
I: Validating exim4
I: Retrieving exim4-base
I: Validating exim4-base
I: Retrieving exim4-config
I: Validating exim4-config
I: Retrieving exim4-daemon-light
I: Validating exim4-daemon-light
I: Retrieving fdutils
I: Validating fdutils
I: Retrieving findutils
I: Validating findutils
I: Retrieving gcc-3.3-base
I: Validating gcc-3.3-base
I: Retrieving gettext-base
I: Validating gettext-base
I: Retrieving grep
I: Validating grep
I: Retrieving groff-base
I: Validating groff-base
I: Retrieving gzip
I: Validating gzip
I: Retrieving hostname
I: Validating hostname
I: Retrieving ifupdown
I: Validating ifupdown
I: Retrieving info
I: Validating info
I: Retrieving initscripts
I: Validating initscripts
I: Retrieving ipchains
I: Validating ipchains
I: Retrieving iptables
I: Validating iptables
I: Retrieving iputils-ping
I: Validating iputils-ping
I: Retrieving klogd
I: Validating klogd
I: Retrieving libacl1
I: Validating libacl1
I: Retrieving libattr1
I: Validating libattr1
I: Retrieving libblkid1
I: Validating libblkid1
I: Retrieving libc6
I: Validating libc6
I: Retrieving libcap1
I: Validating libcap1
I: Retrieving libcomerr2
I: Validating libcomerr2
I: Retrieving libconsole
I: Validating libconsole
I: Retrieving libdb1-compat
I: Validating libdb1-compat
I: Retrieving libdb3
I: Validating libdb3
I: Retrieving libdb4.2
I: Validating libdb4.2
I: Retrieving libgcc1
I: Validating libgcc1
I: Retrieving libgcrypt11
I: Validating libgcrypt11
I: Retrieving libgdbm3
I: Validating libgdbm3
I: Retrieving libgnutls11
I: Validating libgnutls11
I: Retrieving libgpg-error0
I: Validating libgpg-error0
I: Retrieving liblocale-gettext-perl
I: Validating liblocale-gettext-perl
I: Retrieving liblockfile1
I: Validating liblockfile1
I: Retrieving liblzo1
I: Validating liblzo1
I: Retrieving libncurses5
I: Validating libncurses5
I: Retrieving libnewt0.51
I: Validating libnewt0.51
I: Retrieving libopencdk8
I: Validating libopencdk8
I: Retrieving libpam-modules
I: Validating libpam-modules
I: Retrieving libpam-runtime
I: Validating libpam-runtime
I: Retrieving libpam0g
I: Validating libpam0g
I: Retrieving libpcap0.7
I: Validating libpcap0.7
I: Retrieving libpcre3
I: Validating libpcre3
I: Retrieving libpopt0
I: Validating libpopt0
I: Retrieving libsigc++-1.2-5c102
I: Validating libsigc++-1.2-5c102
I: Retrieving libss2
I: Validating libss2
I: Retrieving libssl0.9.7
I: Validating libssl0.9.7
I: Retrieving libstdc++5
I: Validating libstdc++5
I: Retrieving libtasn1-2
I: Validating libtasn1-2
I: Retrieving libtext-charwidth-perl
I: Validating libtext-charwidth-perl
I: Retrieving libtext-iconv-perl
I: Validating libtext-iconv-perl
I: Retrieving libtext-wrapi18n-perl
I: Validating libtext-wrapi18n-perl
I: Retrieving libtextwrap1
I: Validating libtextwrap1
I: Retrieving libuuid1
I: Validating libuuid1
I: Retrieving libwrap0
I: Validating libwrap0
I: Retrieving login
I: Validating login
I: Retrieving logrotate
I: Validating logrotate
I: Retrieving mailx
I: Validating mailx
I: Retrieving makedev
I: Validating makedev
I: Retrieving man-db
I: Validating man-db
I: Retrieving manpages
I: Validating manpages
I: Retrieving mawk
I: Validating mawk
I: Retrieving modutils
I: Validating modutils
I: Retrieving mount
I: Validating mount
I: Retrieving nano
I: Validating nano
I: Retrieving ncurses-base
I: Validating ncurses-base
I: Retrieving ncurses-bin
I: Validating ncurses-bin
I: Retrieving net-tools
I: Validating net-tools
I: Retrieving netbase
I: Validating netbase
I: Retrieving netkit-inetd
I: Validating netkit-inetd
I: Retrieving nvi
I: Validating nvi
I: Retrieving passwd
I: Validating passwd
I: Retrieving pciutils
I: Validating pciutils
I: Retrieving perl-base
I: Validating perl-base
I: Retrieving ppp
I: Validating ppp
I: Retrieving pppconfig
I: Validating pppconfig
I: Retrieving pppoe
I: Validating pppoe
I: Retrieving pppoeconf
I: Validating pppoeconf
I: Retrieving procps
I: Validating procps
I: Retrieving psmisc
I: Validating psmisc
I: Retrieving sed
I: Validating sed
I: Retrieving slang1a-utf8
I: Validating slang1a-utf8
I: Retrieving sysklogd
I: Validating sysklogd
I: Retrieving sysv-rc
I: Validating sysv-rc
I: Retrieving sysvinit
I: Validating sysvinit
I: Retrieving tar
I: Validating tar
I: Retrieving tasksel
I: Validating tasksel
I: Retrieving tcpd
I: Validating tcpd
I: Retrieving telnet
I: Validating telnet
I: Retrieving util-linux
I: Validating util-linux
I: Retrieving wget
I: Validating wget
I: Retrieving whiptail
I: Validating whiptail
I: Retrieving zlib1g
I: Validating zlib1g
I: Extracting base-files...
I: Extracting base-passwd...
I: Extracting bash...
I: Extracting bsdutils...
I: Extracting coreutils...
I: Extracting debconf...
I: Extracting debconf-i18n...
I: Extracting debianutils...
I: Extracting diff...
I: Extracting dpkg...
I: Extracting dselect...
I: Extracting e2fslibs...
I: Extracting e2fsprogs...
I: Extracting findutils...
I: Extracting gcc-3.3-base...
I: Extracting grep...
I: Extracting gzip...
I: Extracting hostname...
I: Extracting initscripts...
I: Extracting libacl1...
I: Extracting libattr1...
I: Extracting libblkid1...
I: Extracting libc6...
I: Extracting libcap1...
I: Extracting libcomerr2...
I: Extracting libdb1-compat...
I: Extracting libdb3...
I: Extracting libgcc1...
I: Extracting liblocale-gettext-perl...
I: Extracting libncurses5...
I: Extracting libnewt0.51...
I: Extracting libpam-modules...
I: Extracting libpam-runtime...
I: Extracting libpam0g...
I: Extracting libpopt0...
I: Extracting libss2...
I: Extracting libstdc++5...
I: Extracting libtext-charwidth-perl...
I: Extracting libtext-iconv-perl...
I: Extracting libtext-wrapi18n-perl...
I: Extracting libuuid1...
I: Extracting login...
I: Extracting makedev...
I: Extracting mawk...
I: Extracting modutils...
I: Extracting mount...
I: Extracting ncurses-base...
I: Extracting ncurses-bin...
I: Extracting passwd...
I: Extracting perl-base...
I: Extracting procps...
I: Extracting sed...
I: Extracting slang1a-utf8...
I: Extracting sysv-rc...
I: Extracting sysvinit...
I: Extracting tar...
I: Extracting util-linux...
I: Extracting whiptail...
I: Extracting zlib1g...
I: Installing core packages...
I: Unpacking required packages...
I: Configuring required packages...
I: Installing base packages...
I: Base system installed successfully.
 -> debootstrap finished
 -> copying local configuration
  -> Installing apt-lines
  -> Copy  /etc/pbuilder/apt.config//*  to chroot
cp: cannot stat `/etc/pbuilder/apt.config//*': No such file or directory
 -> Aborting with an error
 -> cleaning the build env
    -> removing directory /home/ghoseb/pbuilder/build//1225 and its
subdirectories
ghoseb at zope:~$ sudo nano /etc/pbuilder/pbuilderrc
ghoseb at zope:~$ ls /etc/pbuilder
buildd-config.sh  pbuilderrc

My pbuilderrc is this : 

BASETGZ=/home/ghoseb/pbuilder/base.tgz
#EXTRAPACKAGES=gcc3.0-athlon-builder
#export DEBIAN_BUILDARCH=athlon
BUILDPLACE=/home/ghoseb/pbuilder/build
MIRRORSITE=http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian
#NONUSMIRRORSITE="http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian-non-US"
#OTHERMIRROR="deb http://www.home.com/updates/ ./"
#export http_proxy=http://your-proxy:8080/
USEPROC=yes
USEDEVPTS=yes
USEDEVFS=no
BUILDRESULT=/home/ghoseb/pbuilder/result

# specifying the distribution forces the distribution on "pbuilder
update"
DISTRIBUTION=sarge
#specify the cache for APT
APTCACHE="/home/ghoseb/pbuilder/aptcache/"
APTCACHEHARDLINK="yes"
REMOVEPACKAGES="lilo"
#HOOKDIR="/usr/lib/pbuilder/hooks"
HOOKDIR=""

# make debconf not interact with user
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"

DEBEMAIL=""
#for pbuilder debuild
BUILDSOURCEROOTCMD="fakeroot"
PBUILDERROOTCMD="sudo"

#default is to build everything. Passed on to dpkg-buildpackage
#DEBBUILDOPTS="-b"
DEBBUILDOPTS=""

#APT configuration files directory
APTCONFDIR=""

# the username and ID used by pbuilder, inside chroot. Needs fakeroot,
really
BUILDUSERID=1234
BUILDUSERNAME=pbuilder

# BINDMOUNTS is a space separated list of things to mount
# inside the chroot.
BINDMOUNTS=""

# Set the debootstrap variant to 'buildd' type.
# DEBOOTSTRAPOPTS[0]='--variant=buildd'
# or work around bug in debootstrap 3.0.0 (314858)
unset DEBOOTSTRAPOPTS

# Set the PATH I am going to use inside pbuilder: default is
"/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
export PATH="/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"

# SHELL variable is used inside pbuilder by commands like 'su'; and they
need sane values
export SHELL=/bin/bash

# The name of debootstrap command.
DEBOOTSTRAP="debootstrap"

Can anyone help me troubleshoot this error ?

Thanks

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