[Bug 1016794] Re: gracefully handle foreign architectures

[James Clarke]

** Package changed: cowdancer (Ubuntu) => pbuilder (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  gracefully handle foreign architectures

Status in pbuilder package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If you install a debootstrap of a foreign architecture (lets say armhf
  on amd64), when when pbuilder/cowbuilder goes to chroot, that fails,
  and then it deletes the whole thing.

  Instead it could detect that the architecture is foreign and copy
  /usr/bin/qemu-$WHATEVERISAPPROIATE-static to usr/bin/ of the target,
  and then do the chroot. in the case of armel and armhf, the binary is
  /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: cowbuilder 0.67
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jun 22 19:15:21 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120321)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: cowdancer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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