Provided by: cowbuilder_0.86_amd64
NAME
cowbuilder - a pbuilder wrapper for cowdancer.
SYNOPSIS
cowbuilder create [options] cowbuilder update [options] cowbuilder build [options] .dsc-file cowbuilder login [options] cowbuilder execute [options] -- script [script options] cowbuilder dumpconfig
DESCRIPTION
cowbuilder Executes the specified pbuilder operation with cowdancer
COMMANDS
Most commands invoke pbuilder with the specified commands, see pbuilder manual for details. create Create the base.cow image. The directory for base.cow should be empty, or this command will fail. update, up, u Update the base.cow image. build, b Build a package given a .dsc file login, l Start a session within the base.cow. execute, e Execute a command within the base.cow. dumpconfig Dump configuration information, used for debugging.
OPTIONS
Most options are the same as pbuilder, except for the following which are handled specially --buildplace The place where COW operation takes place. --basepath This has a very different meaning to the --basetgz option of pbuilder, since there is no tgz. This option specifies the directory in which the COW master data is stored, the default being /var/cache/pbuilder/base.cow --configfile [configuration file to load] Additional configuration file to read after all other configuration files have been read. --no-cowdancer-update Do not use cowdancer on cowbuilder update. Please use this option when cowdancer is interfering with upgrade process, or cowdancer itself is being upgraded within chroot. --debian-etch-workaround Workaround for Debian Etch. cow-shell will search for all files in the chroot, but will work.
CONFIGURATION FILES
cowbuilder reads the following configuration files per default. /usr/share/pbuilder/pbuilderrc Application default, not to be changed. /etc/pbuilderrc System-wide default. ~/.pbuilderrc User default anything specified with --configfile option Additional configuration at runtime.
CONFIGURATION FILE OPTIONS
The possible configuration options are as follows. Others are ignored. DISTRIBUTION=distribution BUILDRESULT=directory BUILDPLACE=directory BASEPATH=path MIRRORSITE=http://mirror NO_COWDANCER_UPDATE=1 See --no-cowdancer-update DEBIAN_ETCH_WORKAROUND=1 See --debian-etch-workaround
EXAMPLES
cowbuilder create Create a base.cow image. # cowbuilder create --hookdir /usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/workaround/ --distribution etch --debootstrap debootstrap --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/base-test.cow bash: /root/.pbuilderrc: No such file or directory W: /home/dancer/.pbuilderrc does not exist I: Running in no-targz mode Distribution is etch. Building the build environment I: running debootstrap /usr/sbin/debootstrap I: Retrieving Release . . cowbuilder update Update the base.cow image. # cowbuilder update bash: /root/.pbuilderrc: No such file or directory I: Copying COW directory I: Invoking pbuilder W: /home/dancer/.pbuilderrc does not exist I: Running in no-targz mode I: copying local configuration I: mounting /proc filesystem I: mounting /dev/pts filesystem I: policy-rc.d already exists Refreshing the base.tgz I: upgrading packages . . cowbuilder build test_0.1.dsc Build the package specified in dsc file, with the base.cow image. pdebuild --pbuilder cowbuilder Run cowbuilder build against the current directory. The current directory should be an extracted Debian source package directory. Edit /etc/pbuilderrc to have PDEBUILD_PBUILDER=cowbuilder to make this the default behavior for pdebuild. cowbuilder login --bindmounts /home/dancer Start a cow-shell session inside base.cow, with /home/dancer being bind-mounted to within chroot. Note that cowbuilder will not cow-protect what is inside /home/ # cowbuilder login --bindmount ${HOME} bash: /root/.pbuilderrc: No such file or directory I: Copying COW directory I: Invoking pbuilder W: /home/dancer/.pbuilderrc does not exist I: Running in no-targz mode I: copying local configuration I: mounting /proc filesystem I: mounting /dev/pts filesystem I: Mounting /home/dancer I: policy-rc.d already exists I: entering the shell # cowbuilder create --distribution sid --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/base-test.cow Create a base.cow image with the path /var/cache/pbuilder/base-test.cow and distribution sid.
AUTHOR
Junichi Uekawa (dancer@debian.org)
SEE ALSO
/usr/share/doc/pbuilder/pbuilder-doc.html, pbuilder(8), pdebuild(1)