Control: tags -1 + patch How about the following patch?
(against 1.6.10-1) [[[ --- bin/schroot/schroot-options-base.cc +++ bin/schroot/schroot-options-base.cc @@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ options_base::check_actions () throw error(_("Unknown action specified")); } - if (!this->session_name.empty() && this->action != ACTION_SESSION_BEGIN) + if (!this->session_name.empty() && this->action != ACTION_SESSION_BEGIN && + this->action != ACTION_SESSION_AUTO) throw error (_("--session-name is not permitted for the specified action")); ]]] (against 1.7.2-3) [[[ diff --git a/lib/schroot-common/options.cc b/lib/schroot-common/options.cc index b0af5ae..02996af 100644 --- a/lib/schroot-common/options.cc +++ b/lib/schroot-common/options.cc @@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ namespace schroot_common throw error(_("Unknown action specified")); } - if (!this->session_name.empty() && this->action != ACTION_SESSION_BEGIN) + if (!this->session_name.empty() && this->action != ACTION_SESSION_BEGIN && + this->action != ACTION_SESSION_AUTO) throw error (_("--session-name is not permitted for the specified action")); ]]] In a quick test, it functions as expected: [[[ % sudo usr/bin/schroot -c unstable-amd64-sbuild -n foo (unstable-amd64-sbuild)root@host:~# env | grep -i schroot ⋮ SCHROOT_SESSION_ID=foo ]]] I tested the 1.6.10-1 patch. Where would I find an upstream tarball of 1.7.2, to test the 1.7.2-3 patch with? It wasn't clear to me from the existing docs (HACKING, d/README.source, d/control, d/watch). Cheers, Daniel