Test builds in gbp patch-queue branch [was: Re: Is there a way to preserve pbuilder chroot environment?]
On 03/01/2014 10:46 PM, Vincent Cheng wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 12:18 AM, Mikhail Morfikov <mmorfikov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Pbuilder also supports that using hooks, e.g.:
>>>
>>> # ln -s /usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/C10shell
>>> /var/cache/pbuilder/hooks/C10shell
>>>
>>> ...and the next time your build fails, pbuilder will dump you in the
>>> chroot with a shell.
>>
>> I checked this solution, but I'm wondering how to resume pbuilder after
>> it dumps me in the chroot? Let's say I fixed everything that should be
>> fixed, and what next?
>
> If you want to continue fixing issues as you go along, just keep
> spamming 'fakeroot debian/rules binary' in your shell (assuming your
> end goal is to produce binary .deb packages). You can of course try
> running other targets in d/rules to narrow down and solve specific
> issues that you want to fix.
>
> Regards,
> Vincent
>
Thank you all, this has been a useful thread for me. But it hasn't yet
given me the exact answer I needed (but some clues!). And maybe my
question will also be useful to others.
Many times I have used 'gbp pq import' to create a patch queue and try
out some "crazy" patches to the source code there. I have used the
options to tell gbp where the debian & upstream branches are, but 'gbp
buildpackage' fails because it detects altered files in the source code.
I have tried several times to find solution in the man pages for gbp,
pbuilder and dpkg-buildpackage etc.
Now you have all helped me to realise that I can spam with 'debian/rules
build' to test if it fixes a FTBFS, or 'fakeroot debian/rules binary' to
go all the way to a 'deb' which I can try installing.
But if I don't want to install all the build dependencies on the machine
I am using, how can I pass these commands to pbuilder? Or can I override
gbp buildpackage (with pbuilder as an option) in some way so that it
ignores the fact that there are altered files?
Hoping someone can solve a regular frustration of mine.
Regards,
Ross
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