Re: building entire Lenny from source
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il> wrote:
> Any reason you don't follow-up on the list?
That was not my intention...
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 03:17:35PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:49:06AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I'd like to build the whole of Lenny from source and am looking for
>> >> advice on the easiest tools to use. I looked at pbuilder and rebuildd
>> >> and nearly had a headache. Are there tutorials out there?
>> >
>> > What is that for? Do you want to add a certain modification? Just for the
>> > kicks?
>>
>> Let's say it's for the kicks.
>
> I'd actually wish that you can elaborate a bit more here. Because you're
> not the only one rebuilding the whole Debian archive. And if this is not
> a simple rebuild, maybe different tools may help.
It is a simple rebuild with not a single modification.
>> Almost all my binaries are self-built
>> but it's a laborious process so am really desperate for having it
>> automated. It's nice to have the sources locally too, and it does save
>> me bandwidth, as opposed to going the way of pristine Debian binaries.
>>
>> > Will the newly-built packages be compatible with the existing ones? If
>> > not, you may need to think carefully about bootstrapping, and then
>> > start with a clean repository and only use it.
>>
>> Please explain a bit more here.
>>
>> > Take a look at rebuildd .
>>
>> Why is this better than the competition (EG pbuilder)?
>
> pbuilder and sbuild are chroot-ed builders. They are intended to build
> a single package.
>
> You'll also need to keep a repository of the packages you built. reprepro
> is nice for a small repo, but if you go for the whole Debian archive,
> the standard Debian one (dak) will probably serve you better.
Thanks. I'll take a look...
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