Package building in clean/chroot environment
Are there are any tools for building FreeBSD packages in a chroot cleanroom environment? This is so that I can be sure that all dependencies are properly declared, and so that I can be sure that the built binaries don't accidentally link to libraries which happen to be available on my build system but won't be available on the target system (oh, the joy of autoconf) I found the documentation for pointyhat: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/portbuild/article.html but I'd rather not go as far as building a whole pointyhat cluster :-) What I'm thinking of is a utility which will: - create a chroot environment (easy, just untar distribution) - build a chosen port, pulling in dependencies as packages where possible, otherwise building dependencies as packages too - keep the built packages and distfiles locally, to speed up future builds - reset the chroot environment back to its pristine state - if possible run as non-root I use this for Linux/RPM: http://thomas.apestaart.org/projects/mach/ but was wondering if there is something similar for the FreeBSD ports world. My requirement is to be able to build safe binaries on a central box for distribution out to FreeBSD cluster nodes, so they don't have to be compiled separately on each node. Thanks, Brian. ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Package building in clean/chroot environment
On 2010-03-13T10:42:40+, Brian Candler b.cand...@pobox.com wrote: Are there are any tools for building FreeBSD packages in a chroot cleanroom environment? This is so that I can be sure that all dependencies are properly declared, and so that I can be sure that the built binaries don't accidentally link to libraries which happen to be available on my build system but won't be available on the target system (oh, the joy of autoconf) Sounds like you want Tinderbox: http://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=tinderbox -- Kenyon Ralph signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Package building in clean/chroot environment
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:42:40 + Brian Candler b.cand...@pobox.com wrote: Are there are any tools for building FreeBSD packages in a chroot cleanroom environment? This is so that I can be sure that all dependencies are properly declared, and so that I can be sure that the built binaries don't accidentally link to libraries which happen to be available on my build system but won't be available on the target system (oh, the joy of autoconf) I found the documentation for pointyhat: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/portbuild/article.html but I'd rather not go as far as building a whole pointyhat cluster :-) What I'm thinking of is a utility which will: - create a chroot environment (easy, just untar distribution) - build a chosen port, pulling in dependencies as packages where possible, otherwise building dependencies as packages too - keep the built packages and distfiles locally, to speed up future builds - reset the chroot environment back to its pristine state - if possible run as non-root I use this for Linux/RPM: http://thomas.apestaart.org/projects/mach/ but was wondering if there is something similar for the FreeBSD ports world. My requirement is to be able to build safe binaries on a central box for distribution out to FreeBSD cluster nodes, so they don't have to be compiled separately on each node. All that you want, and more, you can do with ports-mngmt/tinerbox. -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD user Intellectual Property is nowhere near as valuable as Intellect FreeBSD committer - ite...@freebsd.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Package building in clean/chroot environment
All that you want, and more, you can do with ports-mngmt/tinerbox. Thank you - tinderbox seems to be just what I was looking for. Regards, Brian. ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
