Re: how to use pbuilder without .dsc files?

Hi Shawn,

>I am using pbuilder for the first time and I was wondering:
>How does one build a package in pbuilder if they haven't generated .dsc files?

I'm using :

1. dget -x [http/ftp url of .dsc file]

2. cd [packageFolder-xxx]

3. 'dch -i' - to adapt the changelog

4. dpkg-source -b packageFolder-xxx

(this will generate the .dsc file for your package)

5. sudo pbuilder build <RecentlyGenerateddscFile>

Of course there are tons of options in pbuilder to customize the packaging, but this is minimal to give you a go ahead :-)

Hope this helps!

Regards

Jaikumar

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> wrote:

On 24/08/15 01:18, Vincent Cheng wrote:

Hi Shawn,

On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Shawn Sörbom <shawn@sorbom.com> wrote:

Hi,
I am using pbuilder for the first time and I was wondering:
How does one build a package in pbuilder if they haven't generated .dsc files?
I am trying to build a package on my stable system that has dependencies which
are only satisfiable in sid. I have not built this particular version yet, so
there are no .dsc or .changes files. what should I do?

Use "pdebuild" from within your unpacked source directory.
Alternatively, use "debuild -S" to generate a source package, then
pass the .dsc file to pbuilder.

Regards,
Vincent

Alternatively, if the packaging your are working on uses git, you can use git-buildpackage [1].

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit

Then, building a new iteration of your package is as simple as running:

`gbp buildpackage`

inside your packaging repository.

Kind regards.
Ghis