Using sbuild in 2025 (extended version)
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Overview of sbuild's developments during Debian Trixie, focusing on the unshare backend that Debian buildds now use; explains what unshare is, its benefits, and how to run sbuild-based package builds with it. Demonstrations include using sbuild with the unshare backend, customizing builds with apt-cacher-ng, and running autopkgtests, piuparts and lintian locally, plus configuration and debugging details and planned features for the Forky cycle.
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