NAME

       piuparts_slave_run - start up piuparts-slave instance(s) in screen

SYNOPSIS

       piuparts_slave_run ['SLAVE-NUMBERS']

DESCRIPTION

       piuparts_slave_run  runs  piuparts-slave  instance(s)  in  screen which run piuparts tests
       which test whether Debian packages handle installation, upgrading, and removal correctly.

       By  default,  piuparts_slave_run  will  start  the  number  of  slaves  specified  by  the
       'slave-count'  parameter  in  the  piuparts.conf  file. If 'slave-count' is not defined, a
       single slave will be started. If a single  argument  is  supplied  to  piuparts_slave_run,
       consisting  of  a  space-separated list of numbers between 1 and 'slave-count', only those
       slaves will be started.

OPTIONS

       There are no options to this command currently. Note however that this interface is  under
       development and may change.

ENVIRONMENT

       Running piuparts in master-slave mode requires configuration in /etc/piuparts.

BUGS

       piuparts_slave_run should be able to run slaves in different ways: 1. all, in a new screen
       (only this is implemented at the moment) 2. a specific one, in a specified screen slot  in
       a  (running)  screen  3.  append  one to a (running) screen using a "random" slot 4. start
       slave in the current directory in the current shell in foreground.

NOTES

       Make sure to also read /usr/share/doc/piuparts-master/README_server.txt.

SEE ALSO

       piuparts (1), piuparts_slave_join (8), piuparts_slave_stop (8), screen (1)

AUTHOR

       Holger Levsen (holger@layer-acht.org)

                                           Jan 18, 2023                     PIUPARTS_SLAVE_RUN(8)