Le jeudi 10 mars 2011 12:17:11, nicolas vigier a écrit :
> 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.caul
> dron.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.

Could someone from the sysadmins write (if it has not been done already) a 
quick guide for puppet use, for example "how to deploy a buildnode using 
puppet" ? I guess that would help Maarteen a lot :)

Samuel

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