Mer/Build
Buiding Mer.
This page is a collection of ramblings about the ongoing experiment with OBS
Mer is based on Ubuntu Jaunty
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/alpha-6/
Installing OBS tools locally
You'll need an account with Novell : http://is.gd/nzxP
Assuming a debian or ubuntu development box locally:
Add osc repo top apt.
deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tools/xUbuntu_8.10/ /
or
deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tools/Debian_5.0/ /
to
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/obs.list
Then
apt-get update apt-get install osc
run
osc
and enter novell.com username/passwd
Go and login to https://build.opensuse.org
Make sure you click the "let me build packages" button.
There is a link to 'Home Project' on the left I think. Follow this and enter a description.
From now on where I use "home:lbt" uses your own "home:username"
Now:
osc ls home:lbt
will list
osc co home:lbt
will checkout the project
now
osc meta pkg -e home:lbt epeg
edit the name/description run
osc up
This makes a package dir
cp package.tar.gz package.dsc homt:lbt/package cd package
Then add them to version control
osc addremove
and upload them
osc ci
Now we need to pick build targets:
https://build.opensuse.org/project/add_target_simple?project=home:lbt
And pick one or two ( I picked Debian Lenny and Ubuntu 8.10)
To watch what is going on:
osc buildlog <target>
so
osc buildlog Debian_5.0 i586
This does something like a "tail -f" of the Xen builder.
Scenarios =
In the following, Mer environment is defined as the sum of packages with Ubuntu packages, with Mer repository overlaid on top, not what is built in a 'Mer' project.
1. A lone developer sits down and decides to create a project. He assigns a package name to this and his name as maintainer. He finishes his release, and dpkg-buildpackage -S -us -uc, generating a .dsc and tar.gz. He would like to build his package for the Mer environment, the X86 and ARMEL targets. He doesn't want to maintain a local toolchain beyond his x86 VMDK, so he submits the build job to the OpenSUSE Build Service (which he has registered with). He can then observe the build progress and he can subsequently download resulting .deb(s) and .changes file to upload to the Mer (Extras) repository.
2. Variation on the first but with OpenSUSE Build Service located on maemo.org
3. A company developer sits down and creates a project. He takes this source from a company source code repository, assigns a package name and setting his name as maintainer. He generates a release (generating a .dsc and tar.gz) and he would like to target Mer environment, and Ubuntu, the X86 and ARMEL targets. He would like to build locally on his VMDK, as the source code should never leave the company premises. He can then watch the build progress and subsequently gets the resulting .deb(s) and .changes, to be able to upload. He should not need a login at all to build locally
4. Same as 3, but is okay to need a login, it is assumed there is a OBS Server appliance with builder workers in the company.