[Pbuilder-maint] Bug#424717: pbuilder: improved log file support

[Russ Allbery]

Package: pbuilder
Version: 0.161
Severity: wishlist

One of the nice features of debuild is that it automatically creates a
build log for every build named *.build (where the rest of the file name
follows the conventions for the changes file and other generated files).
pdebuild supports a --logfile option, but it's not the same thing and
isn't as useful since it suppresses normal output.  I want to see the
normal build output *and* save it in a file.

I can do this with wrappers around pdebuild (or the commands that are
running pdebuild), but it would be more convenient if there was some way
to always get the same behavior as debuild.  I don't think there's a need
to ever *not* create a build log; it's simple to delete if it's not of
interest.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages pbuilder depends on:
ii  cdebootstrap                  0.3.15     Bootstrap a Debian system
ii  coreutils                     5.97-5.3   The GNU core utilities
ii  debianutils                   2.18       Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  debootstrap                   0.3.3.3    Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii  gcc                           4:4.1.1-15 The GNU C compiler
ii  wget                          1.10.2-2   retrieves files from the web

Versions of packages pbuilder recommends:
pn  cowdancer                     <none>     (no description available)
ii  devscripts                    2.10.2     Scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii  fakeroot                      1.6.5      Gives a fake root environment
ii  sudo                          1.6.8p12-5 Provide limited super user privile

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