Create the Build Chroot

The process for both distributions is basically the same. We started on Ubuntu Breezy, but then moved to Debian Sarge.

Debian

apt-get install debootstrap dchroot sudo
mkdir /chroot/sarge
debootstrap --variant=buildd sarge /chroot/sarge http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/

cp /etc/apt/sources.list /chroot/sarge/etc/apt/

vi /etc/fstab
 proc-chroot     /var/chroot/proc        proc    defaults        0       0
 devpts-chroot   /var/chroot/dev/pts     devpts  defaults        0       0

vi /etc/dchroot.conf
 sarge /chroot/sarge

cp /etc/ passwd /chroot/sarge/etc
sed 's/\([^:]*\):[^:]*:/\1:*:/' /etc/shadow | tee /chroot/sarge/etc/shadow
cp /etc/group /chroot/sarge/etc/
cp /etc/hosts /chroot/sarge/etc/
cp /etc/sudoers /chroot/sarge/etc/

chroot /chroot/sarge/

apt-get update

apt-get install wget debconf devscripts gnupg nano subversion sudo

Ubuntu

The DebootstrapChroot page on the Ubuntu Wiki has excellent instructions on how to build a build chroot for Ubuntu (Breezy, Dapper and below). We do not intend to duplicate the complete and current documentation, so please refer to the Ubuntu Wiki.