pbuilder-dist crashed with OSError in makedirs()

Running
sudo apt-get install debian-archive-keyring && sudo pbuilder-dist sid create --debootstrapopts --keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
works.

I suppose normally this would be a wishlist item, but running pbuilder-dist create with a debian distribution name, i.e. sid, squeeze, etc should at last say that this needs to be done first, or do it itself under sudo and install and import the correct keyring.

I'll add friendlier errors for this, but the real issue here is probably that ~/pbuilder is owned by root, not your user. The symptoms and workaround you describe are probably not a bug.

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-dev-tools - 0.107

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ubuntu-dev-tools (0.107) experimental; urgency=low

  [ Stefano Rivera ]
  * edit-patch: Detect quilt patch-system in 3.0 (quilt) packages without any
    patches yet.
  * wrap-and-sort:
    - Correct typo in options --wrap-allways -> --wrap-always
    - Sort debian/install as well as debian/*.install
    - Add one-space-indentation option: --short-indent
    - Remove null-entry from trailing comma in sorted lists
    - Add configurable debian directory location
    - Sort Architecture (LP: #681131)
    - Add --sort-binary-packages and --keep-first (LP: #681119)
  * grab-merge, syncpackage: Export DEB_VENDOR=Ubuntu when unpacking source
    packages. 3.0 (quilt) has optional per-vendor patch series.
  * pbuilder-dist:
    - Refactor to use subprocess.popen instead of os.system (LP: #398974)
    - Catch OSErrors when creating directories (LP: #671067)
    - Set HOME so pbuilder reads .pbuilderrc
    - Add bidirectional workarounds for LP: #599695 (pbuilder uses the host
      apt keyring). Complain if the target's keyring isn't installed.
  * Use dpkg-vendor in ubuntutools.misc.system_distribution(), cache result.

  [ Benjamin Drung ]
  * wrap-and-sort: Remove duplicate items from sorted lists.
  * syncpackage: Fix error message for failed downloads.
  * sponsor-patch: Support building with sbuild (LP: #681242).

  [ Daniel Holbach ]
  * submittodebian: rephrase boilerplate text to be more polite, add reminder
    to explain the patch sufficiently and add necessary information.

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * submittodebian: Encourage sending multiple independent pieces of the
    Ubuntu patch in separate bug reports.
 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:14:25 +0100