nenolod's rebuildd crash course

• Make a sid chroot (xenu later):

    $ sudo mkdir -p /chroots/sid
    $ sudo cdebootstrap sid /chroots/sid http://debian.osuosl.org/debian
    $ sudo -s
    # cp /etc/resolv.conf /chroots/sid
    # nano /chroots/sid/apt/sources.list
      (add 'deb-src http://ftpmaster.defusion-project.org/archive xenu main contrib non-free', so
       rebuildd can download sources later. For *now* it doesn't matter if the buildd chroot itself
           is running sid; stay tuned for when we intend to switch over to xenu for chroots.)

• Enter the sid chroot and update:

    # chroot /chroots/sid
    # apt-get update

• Make a crontab to do the above task every 30 minutes so that rebuildd can grab the latest sources.

• Install rebuildd and cowbuilder:

    # apt-get install rebuildd pbuilder cowdancer python-apt

• Set up your rebuilddrc:

    [mail]
    mailto = rebuildd@localhost
    from = rebuildd@localhost
    subject_prefix = [rebuildd]

    [http]
    logfile = /var/log/rebuildd/httpd.log
    log_lines_nb = 30
    ip = 0.0.0.0
    cache = 1
    templates_dir = /usr/share/rebuildd/templates
    port = 9998
    
    [build]
    max_jobs = 5
    max_threads = 2
    check_every = 300
    build = amd64
    more_archs = any
    kill_timeout = 90
    source_cmd = apt-get -q --download-only -t %s source %s=%s
    work_dir = /var/cache/rebuildd/build
    post_build_cmd =
    dists = xenu
    build_cmd = cowbuilder --build --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/%s-%s.cow %s_%s.dsc --debbuildopts -B
    database_uri = mysql://rebuildd:XXXXXXXX@64.71.161.129/rebuildd
    build_more_recent = 1
    
    [telnet]
    ip = 0.0.0.0
    prompt = rebuildd@localhost->
    motd = Connected on rebuildd on localhost
    port = 9999
    
    [log]
    time_format = %d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S
    logs_dir = /var/log/rebuildd/build_logs
    mail_failed = 1
    mail_successful = 0
    file = /var/log/rebuildd/rebuildd.log

There's a few things to note here. First of all, --debbuildopts -B ensures that the source package isn't rebuilt. This is important, as, ftpmaster will reject uploads which include source packages. Furthermore, using -B instead of -b will make sure that you don't unnecessarily upload arch-independent packages later (nenolod is handling it).

Ask nenolod for the MySQL password for the rebuildd database.

• Bootstrap from sid until xenu is built.

    # nano /etc/default/rebuildd
      (remove etch and lenny, enable autoupdate of build root, use cowbuilder instead of pbuilder.)
    # rebuildd-init-build-system

• Rename sid cowbuilder to xenu cowbuilder.

    # mv /var/cache/pbuilder/sid-amd64 /var/cache/pbuilder/xenu-amd64

• Edit /etc/default/rebuildd

• Fire up rebuildd. At this point, it should start building stuff in the queue.

• You can now exit the chroot.

You should add a script to apt-get update inside the chroot every hour so that new sources can be pulled from the archive.

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