[Bug 1016794] [NEW] gracefully handle foreign architectures

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If you install a debootstrap of a foreign architecture (lets say armhf
on amd64), when when pbuilder/cowbuilder goes to chroot, that fails, and
then it deletes the whole thing.

Instead it could detect that the architecture is foreign and copy
/usr/bin/qemu-$WHATEVERISAPPROIATE-static to usr/bin/ of the target, and
then do the chroot. in the case of armel and armhf, the binary is
/usr/bin/qemu-arm-static

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cowbuilder 0.67
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 22 19:15:21 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120321)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cowdancer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: pbuilder (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise
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gracefully handle foreign architectures
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1016794
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