Determine distribution from release name (via distro-info).

debian/changelog

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.123) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - Disable daemons with a policy-rc.d script (like pbuilder does)
     - Move package installation after option parsing.
     - Exit 0 when showing help, and support -h.
+    - Determine distribution from release name (via distro-info).
 
  -- Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org>  Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:45:31 +0200
 

doc/mk-sbuild.1

@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 mk\-sbuild \- creates chroots via schroot and sbuild
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBmk\-sbuild\fR [\fB\-\-arch=ARCH\fR] [\fB\-\-name=NAME\fR]
+\fBmk\-sbuild\fR [\fIoptions\fR...] <\fIrelease\fR>
-[\fB\-\-personality=PERSONALITY\fR] [\fB\-\-debug\fR] [\fB\-\-source\-template=FILE\fR]
-[\fB\-\-debootstrap\-mirror=URL\fR] [\fB\-\-distro=DISTRO\fR]
-[\fB\-\-vg=VOLUME_GROUP\fR] [\fB\-\-type=SCHROOT_TYPE\fR] <\fBRelease\fR>
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBmk\-sbuild\fR creates chroots via schroot and sbuild.
@@ -47,8 +44,9 @@ argument. WARNING: be careful using this option as you can end up
 excluding essential package. See debootstrap (8) for more details.
 .TP
 .B \-\-distro=DISTRO
-Enable distro-specific logic.  Currently known distros: "ubuntu" (default)
+Enable distro-specific logic.
-and "debian".
+When not provided, the distribution is determined from \fIrelease\fR.
+Currently known distros: "\fBdebian\fR" and "\fBubuntu\fR".
 .TP
 .B \-\-vg=VOLUME_GROUP
 Specify a volume group, and subsequently use a default SCHROOT_TYPE of

mk-sbuild

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #  Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>
 #  Emmet Hikory <persia@ubuntu.com>
 #  Scott Moser <smoser@ubuntu.com>
+#  Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>
 #
 # ##################################################################
 #
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ function usage()
     echo "  --debootstrap-include=list Comma separated list of packages to include"
     echo "  --debootstrap-exclude=list Comma separated list of packages to exclude"
     echo "  --distro=DISTRO            Install specific distro:"
-    echo "                                 'ubuntu'(default), or 'debian'"
+    echo "                                 'ubuntu' or 'debian' "
+    echo "                                 (defaults to determining from release name)"
     echo "  --type=SCHROOT_TYPE        Define the schroot type:"
     echo "                                 'directory'(default), 'file', or 'btrfs-snapshot'"
     echo "                                 'lvm-snapshot' is selected via --vg"
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ OPTS=`getopt -o 'h' --long "help,debug,skip-updates,arch:,name:,source-template:
 eval set -- "$OPTS"
 
 VG=""
-DISTRO="ubuntu"
+DISTRO=""
 name=""
 while :; do
     case "$1" in
@@ -224,6 +226,21 @@ if [ -z "$RELEASE" ]; then
     usage
 fi
 
+# Determine distribution
+if [ -z "$DISTRO" ]; then
+    if debian-distro-info --all | grep -Fqx "$RELEASE"; then
+        DISTRO=debian
+    elif ubuntu-distro-info --all | grep -Fqx "$RELEASE"; then
+        DISTRO=ubuntu
+    elif [ "$RELEASE" = "unstable" -o "$RELEASE" = "testing" \
+           -o "$RELEASE" = "stable" -o "$RELEASE" = "oldstable" ]; then
+        DISTRO=debian
+    else
+        echo "Unable to determine distribution, please provide --distro" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
 # By default, name the schroot the same as the release
 if [ -z "$name" ]; then
     name="$RELEASE"