[buildd-tools-devel] sbuild a new version

[Roger Leigh]

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:36:38PM +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to sbuild a new upstream version of a package, whose
> source isn't present in any archive?  I couldn't get sbuild find the
> .orig.tar.gz on the local disk; it keeps trying to fetch it from some
> archive and fails.  Do I really have to push it into a local
> repository, or am I simply too blind to find the suitable option?

sbuild accepts sources in two main ways:

package_version
- the source package /package/ with version /version/ is downloaded
  and built from the archive.
./package_version.dsc
- the source package /package/ with version /version/ is copied into
  the build chroot from the specified directory and built.  This is
  most likely the method you want.

You do need a .dsc, .diff.gz (if present) and .orig.tar.gz.  If you
don't have these, you need to do one build with dpkg-buildpackage
before then rebuilding the resulting package with sbuild.

I would like to support building in a directory just like you can
with dpkg-buildpackage, but this isn't currently implemented.


Regards,
Roger

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