cowbuilder and --distribution experimental

[Mike Hommey]

On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 01:57:24PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > > Hi again mentors !!!
> > > I've now a strange problem creating an experimental COW image.
> > > 
> > > I use "cowbuilder --create --distribution experimental" but I obtain an
> > > unmet error with e2fsprogs (PreDepends: libuuid1 (>= 1.34-1)).
> > > libuuid1 package is correctly downloaded and configured on chroot
> > > environment :(
> > > 
> > > Same error overriding EXTRAPACKAGES with =libuuid1.
> > 
> > experimental is not a complete distribution. You cannot just use
> > --distribution experimental. I think that you should use an unstable chroot
> > and add to apt experimental sources. You will also have to provide a
> > correct /etc/apt/preferences (otherwise, experimental repository will not
> > be used).
> 
> Actually, '--distribution experimental' is special-cased in pbuilder
> such that it should just work.  '--distribution experimental' sets up
> internal flags such that it is interpreted as '--distribution sid' and
> special handling for experimental.

Obviously, it doesn't. Because with properly set pinning, you wouldn't
have a problem with e2fsprogs/libuuid1 (which happens when trying to
install perl from experimental).

Mike