Package: git-buildpackage
Version: 0.5.7
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
There is no way to specify the architecture when running "git-pbuilder
create". If additional arguments were passed to cowbuilder, one could
run "git-pbuilder create --architecture i386" to create an i386 image on
an amd64 system. The attached patch allows this.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages git-buildpackage depends on:
ii devscripts 2.10.67 scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii git [git-core] 1:1.7.1-1.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii git-core 1:1.7.1-1.1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii python 2.6.5-13 interactive high-level object-orie
ii python-dateutil 1.4.1-3 powerful extensions to the standar
ii python-support 1.0.9 automated rebuilding support for P
Versions of packages git-buildpackage recommends:
ii cowbuilder 0.62 pbuilder running on cowdancer
ii pristine-tar 1.10 regenerate pristine tarballs
Versions of packages git-buildpackage suggests:
pn git-load-dirs <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
>From 2a4ef2ec630db5196e457558cccf456ec9f42eef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Svend Sorensen <sv...@ciffer.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:23:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] git-pbuilder: Pass arguments to update|create|login to cowbuilder
Pass additional aguments to git-pbuilder (update | create | login) to
cowbuilder. For example, this allows setting the architecture by running
"git-pbuilder create --architecture i386".
diff --git a/git-pbuilder b/git-pbuilder
index afc0f65..913911e 100755
--- a/git-pbuilder
+++ b/git-pbuilder
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ fi
# cowbuilder with the corresponding option under sudo rather than proceeding.
case $1 in
update|create|login)
- sudo cowbuilder --"$1" --basepath "$BASE" --dist "$DIST" $OPTIONS
+ ACTION="$1"
+ shift
+ sudo cowbuilder --"$ACTION" --basepath "$BASE" --dist "$DIST" $OPTIONS "$@"
exit $?
;;
esac
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ git-pbuilder - Wrapper around pbuilder for git-buildpackage
DIST=I<distribution> B<git-pbuilder> I<debbuild-options>
-DIST=I<distribution> B<git-pbuilder> (update | create | login)
+DIST=I<distribution> B<git-pbuilder> (update | create | login) I<cowbuilder-options>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -147,7 +149,8 @@ passing parameters through B<git-buildpackage>.
Alternately, B<git-pbuilder> may be called with an argument of C<update>,
C<create>, or C<login>. In this case, it calls B<cowbuilder> using
B<sudo> and passes the corresponding command to B<cowbuilder>, using the
-same logic as above to determine the base directory and distribution.
+same logic as above to determine the base directory and distribution. Any
+arguments are passed as-is to cowbuilder.
=head1 ENVIRONMENT
--
1.7.1
