* pbuilder-dist, doc/pbuilder-dist.1:

- Add "--debug-echo" option which prints the resulting pbuilder/cowbuilder
     commands instead of executing it.

debian/changelog

@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.83) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Kees Cook ]
   * mk-sbuild-lv: switch to ext4 by default.
 
- -- Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:16:56 -0800
+  [ Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals ]
+  * pbuilder-dist, doc/pbuilder-dist.1:
+     - Add "--debug-echo" option which prints the resulting pbuilder/cowbuilder
+       commands instead of executing it.
+
+ -- Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <rainct@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:44:44 +0100
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.82) lucid; urgency=low
 

doc/pbuilder-dist.1

@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ For example, if \fBbuild\fP is the option, you will need to also specify
 a .dsc file. As a special feature, if you specify a .dsc file you can
 skip the \fBbuild\fP option and this script will automatically assume that
 building is the action you want to do.
+.br
+You may also specify \fB--debug-echo\fP so that the \fBpbuilder\fP/
+\fBcowbuilder\fP command which would normally be executed is just printed
+on the standard output instead. This is useful for debugging
+\fBpbuilder-dist\fP.
 
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .TP

pbuilder-dist

@@ -333,7 +333,10 @@ def main():
 		sys.exit(1)
 	
 	# Execute the pbuilder command
-	sys.exit(os.system(app.get_command(args)))
+	if not '--debug-echo' in args:
+		sys.exit(os.system(app.get_command(args)))
+	else:
+		print app.get_command(args)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':