wrong architecture (i386,amd64) packages downloading

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I meet with the same problem - tried to create amd64 image on 32 bit system with command:
ubuntu-defaults-image --arch amd64 --ppa baltix-members/ppa --components main,restricted,universe,multiverse --package ./baltix-defaults_12.04~3~precise1_all.deb

But instead of amd64 image I got i386 image :(
It seems ubuntu-defaults-image script simply chooses architecture from running system and ignores --arch option :(

It seems passing LB_ARCHITECTURES needed.

Thanks! I merged your branch.

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-defaults-builder - 0.38

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ubuntu-defaults-builder (0.38) quantal; urgency=low

  * bin/ubuntu-defaults-image: Pass LB_ARCHITECTURES as well, to fix --arch.
    Thanks Nobuto MURATA for the patch! (LP: #1016121)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:34:08 +0200

Thanks Martin for a quick merge!

I will attach a whole log to confirm that it can build a i386 image on a amd64 host.

Martin,

could you please backport these fixes to Precise as well, since we use precise cloud istances for building the CD.

Thanks in advance!

Sure, I uploaded the fix to the precise-proposed queue. It would be nice if you could verify it once it gets accepted by the SRU team. Thanks!

Hello,

we need this version for building Quantal and still this is not in proposed. Are there any ETA?

Thanks in advance

Hm, I'm not sure what went wrong, sorry. I uploaded it to the precise-proposed queue again, needs SRU review.

UP! Martin, could you please raise SRU attention on this, it's urgent at this point.

Hi Paolo,

If you are in hurry, you can change one line in /usr/bin/ubuntu-defaults-image like the patch below for now.
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/118722304/ubuntu-defaults-builder_0.31_0.31.1.diff.gz

It's a shell script, so you don't have to build the whole package and the change takes effect immediately.

I hope it helps you.

Hello Paolo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubuntu-defaults-builder into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-defaults-builder/0.31.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Testing on the same istance described above (amd64), now building an i386 image it gets the right packages:

Get:1009 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libgnome-menu2 i386 3.0.1-0ubuntu8 [53.6 kB]
Get:1010 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libgphoto2-l10n all 2.4.14-2 [7470 B]
Get:1011 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libgpod-common i386 0.8.2-6build1 [27.7 kB]
Get:1012 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libpango-perl i386 1.223-0ubuntu1 [223 kB]
Get:1013 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main libgtk2-perl i386 2:1.244-1 [922 kB]

Verified, Thanks!

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-defaults-builder - 0.31.1

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ubuntu-defaults-builder (0.31.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * bin/ubuntu-defaults-image: Pass LB_ARCHITECTURES as well, to fix --arch.
    Thanks Nobuto MURATA for the patch! (LP: #1016121)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Sat, 06 Oct 2012 19:12:40 +0200

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.