pbuilder create err

Question

I am trying to create pbuilder. When I do sudo create pbuilder, I get following error:

E: Failed getting release file http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/sid/Release E: debootstrap failed

Infact http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/sid/Release is not accessible. How can I configure a valid source link?

There is no security support for Sid, which is why there is no repository there. What did you do before sudo pbuilder --create? — Stephen Kitt
– Stephen Kitt, Commented Mar 27, 2018 at 20:42
I have just installed debian stretch 9. I installed pbuilder as i wanted to Debianize a package in pbuilder. I then just initiated 'pbuilder create' to generate /var/cache/pbuilder/base.tgz and it is giving this error now — Mumtaz Ahmad
– Mumtaz Ahmad, Commented Mar 28, 2018 at 5:03

famzah · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-19 16:03:58Z

I managed to install "sid" by giving the option --mirror http://ftp.debian.org/debian.

Even though in my example I'm using "cowbuilder", it's actually a wrapper for "pbuilder":

cowbuilder --create --distribution sid --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/base-sid.cow --mirror http://ftp.debian.org/debian

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