setting up a backports environment

[John Dong]

No need to chroot inside pbuilder... Just download a .dsc file from
packages.ubuntu.com, and tell pbuilder to build it.... everything else is
done automagically...

On 11/30/05, matt nicholson <sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com> wrote:
>
> alright, i think i'm basically set up but just have one more question
> to ask. i jsut want to make sure i'm going about everything right.
>
> for testing i backported deskbar-applet as follows, was just wondering
> if i was missing anything or what not (i;m obviously new at packaging)
>
> got my chroot via pbuilder.
> login to the chroot.
> apt-get build-dep deskbar-applet
> apt-get source deskbar-applet (fetches all sources from dapper repos)
> cd deskbar-applet-x.x/
> dpkg-buildpackage -d
>
> leaves me with the .deb, pending ant errors of course.
>
> anything else? any suggestions? whats the procedure once the build
> completes and everything works fine? just notify the list to have
> someone "official" build it or what?
>
> thanks for the help again.
>
> matt nicholson
> sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com
> sjoeboo.com
>
> On Nov 30, 2005, at 10:00 AM, matthew nicholson wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > excelent, exactly what i needed to here.
> >
> > On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 09:55 -0500, John Dong wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/30/05, matthew nicholson <sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com> wrote:
> >>         hmm, okay. one question regarding pbuilder/ubp-build.py. if
> >>         your using
> >>         ubp-build.py inside the pbuilder chroot..how do you fetch the
> >>         dapper
> >>         source packages? do you just do it by hand, or can you change
> >>         where teh
> >>         sources are fetch from, so its all automatic?
> >>
> >> You don't use ubp-build.py inside pbuilder... ubp-build.py
> >> accomplishes tasks similar to pbuilder, with you in command instead of
> >> pbuilder inside the chroot.
> >>
> >> Either way, configuration of sources is done by adding deb-src lines
> >> for Dapper, whether it's /etc/apt/sources.list inside the chroot or
> >> the pbuilder config file.
> >>
> >>
> >>         thanks for the help getting set up guys.
> >>
> >>         matt nicholson
> >>         sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com
> >>         sjoeboo.com
> >>
> >>
> >>         On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 09:19 -0500, John Dong wrote:
> >>> meh, either way is fine... I've just never really caught on
> >>         to
> >>> pbuilder... At times I appreciate the speed of the
> >>         unpack-and-hack
> >>> approach to figuring out what it takes for a package to
> >>         start
> >>> compiling...
> >>>
> >>> I've been playing with Device Mapper's Copy-on-Write
> >>         functionality for
> >>> making all changes to the chroot temporary.
> >>>
> >>> On 11/30/05, Marc Wiriadisastra <strikeforce at iinet.net.au>
> >>         wrote:
> >>>> On 11/30/05, John Dong <jdong at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >>>>> google ubp-build.py....
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I run ubp-build.py inside a chroot, which is
> >>         cleaned fairly
> >>>         frequently.
> >>>>> As
> >>>>> long as you don't do stupid things to the chroot,
> >>         it'll
> >>>         stay fairly
> >>>>> clean...
> >>>>
> >>>> How about using PBuilder? it guarantees a clean
> >>         chroot, and
> >>>         is really
> >>>> handy to use. See
> >>         http://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto for
> >>>> instructions
> >>>>
> >>>         +1 from me since I've never had any issues with
> >>         pbuilder and
> >>>         it's create
> >>>         for testing out dependancy's.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>         ubuntu-backports at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>>
> >>         http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports
> >>>
> >>         --
> >>         matthew nicholson < sjoeboo at sjoeboo.com>
> >>         sjoeboo.com
> >>
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