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

[Yann Dirson]

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On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 06:49:18AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> > 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.

Well, I can understand if you'd qualify this as a feature request.

Best regards,
-- 
Yann.