[Pbuilder-maint] Bug#373807: one base.tzg per distribution

[martin f krafft]

Package: pbuilder
Version: 0.154
Severity: wishlist

Maybe pbuilder could incorporate the name of the distribution (and
possibly the architecture) into the base.tgz filename and then use
that automatically. Since sid is the default if no distribution is
given, the default base.tgz should be named base-sid.tgz, which
could be a symlink to base.tgz.

I always have to specify

  pbuilder ... --distribution sid --basetgz .../base-sid.tgz

Of course I have that scripted (in .pbuilderrc), but it would be
best if pbuilder could just support this.

It could always fall back to just base.tgz if base-$(DIST).tgz does
not exist.

And for execute or login, I would now specify --distribution as
well, which would select the right base.tgz file. The --basetgz
option is still useful to override that default.

Cheers,

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