On Thu, 10 Mar 2011, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > Op donderdag 10 maart 2011 00:22:36 schreef nicolas vigier: > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2011, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > for the purpose of testing package building locally; > > > > > > - you're a careful packager and test out everything locally before > > > submitting - you're a novice packager and want to practise > > > > > > i would like to make a VM that acts like a buildnode, with the following > > > > > > requirements: > > > - mageia system (not mandriva) > > > - preferably headless > > > - ssh on by default > > > - building 32bit AND 64bit packages > > > - using chroots to build and preferably having basesystem chroots on it. > > > also > > > > > > cleans up so buildrequires are properly tested, and lint checking and > > > what else a buildnode normally does. > > > > This can be done using iurt. > > so, how exactly does this work? iurt automagically build basesystem chroots > and chrootbuilds stuff? is there any task that is needed for this kind of > thing?
Yes. See iurt package. And iurt config file used on the cluster : http://svnweb.mageia.org/adm/puppet/modules/buildsystem/templates/iurt.cauldron.conf?revision=734&view=markup > > > - no signing step > > > - still as small as possible so it can be put somewhere for downloading. > > > - nice to have is possibly a sort of local submission tree so submitting > > > > > > could also be practised. > > > > You mean installing a full build system in a VM ? > > > > You can try to do it using puppet, and the puppet modules on svn : > > http://svnweb.mageia.org/adm/ > > well, i donno, i don't know puppet and this is not meant to be used in a > controlled environment, but just built like this and people use it locally. > there is not really any need to remote control this machine. just a one time > setup. The easiest way to setup a buildsystem is using puppet. Otherwise it will be more difficult.