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

[Junichi Uekawa]

> 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

--distribution is not required unless you have --override-config, thus
  --basetgz is the only required option.

> 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.


regards,
	junichi
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