Bug#396056: [Pbuilder-maint] Bug#396056: pdebuild: does not tell anything when package build failed

Junichi Uekawa dancer at netfort.gr.jp
Sun Oct 29 22:49:18 CET 2006


> I spent some time trying to see why some packages which previously built
> suddenly do not build any more.  It is in fact not pbuilder's fault, but
> I have only recently activated the PKGNAME_LOGFILE flag, and it took me
> some time to realize that when a build fails in this case, the only
> information is in the log.
> 
> pdebuild only exists with non-zero status, and does not even report that
> there was an error.  IHMO, it should report that, and tell the user in
> which logfile to look for details.


This is a feature, not a bug.

regards,
	junichi
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