Ubuntu Manpage: pbuilder-dist, cowbuilder-dist - multi-distribution pbuilder/cowbuilder wrapper

NAME

       pbuilder-dist, cowbuilder-dist - multi-distribution pbuilder/cowbuilder wrapper

SYNOPSIS

       pbuilder-dist distribution [architecture] operation [options] [...]

       cowbuilder-dist distribution [architecture] operation [options] [...]

DESCRIPTION

       pbuilder-dist  is  a  wrapper  that  makes it easy to use pbuilder with many different versions of Ubuntu
       and/or Debian.

       It is common to symlink this script in order to give it many names in the form  of  pbuilder-distribution
       or     pbuilder-distribution-architecture,    like    for    example    pbuilder-feisty,    pbuilder-sid,
       pbuilder-gutsy-i386, etc.

       The same applies to cowbuilder-dist, which uses cowbuilder. The main  difference  between  both  is  that
       pbuilder compresses the created chroot as a tarball, thus using less disc space but needing to uncompress
       (and possibly compress) its contents again on each run, and cowbuilder doesn't do this.

USAGE

There are many arguments listed on the synopsis; each of them, if used, has to be used exactly in the
same order as it appears there. In case you renamed the script to pbuilder-distribution, do not use the
distribution parameter; same with i386 / amd64 if the name also contains -architecture.

distribution
Replace this with the codename of the version of Ubuntu or Debian you want to use.

architecture
This optional parameter will attempt to construct a chroot in a foreign architecture. For some
architecture pairs (e.g. i386 on an amd64 install), the chroot will be created natively. For
others (e.g. arm64 on an amd64 install), qemu-user-static will be used. Note that some
combinations (e.g. amd64 on an i386 install) require special separate kernel handling, and may
break in unexpected ways.

operation
Replace this with the action you want pbuilder to do (create, update, build, clean, login or
execute). If you don't specify any action, but the next argument is a .dsc file, it will assume
that it should build. Check its manpage for more details.

[...]
Replace this with other parameters, if needed. For example, if build is the option, you will need
to also specify a .dsc file. As a special feature, if you specify a .dsc file you can skip the
build option and this script will automatically assume that building is the action you want to do.

OPTIONS

       --main-only (deprecated: mainonly)
              If you specify this option, only packages from the main (in Debian) or  main  and  restricted  (in
              Ubuntu)  components  will  be used. By default, all official components are enabled. This only has
              effect when creating a new environment.

       --debug-echo
              The generated pbuilder/cowbuilder command will be printed to the standard output instead of  being
              executed. This is useful for debugging.

       --buildresult DIRECTORY (pbuilder-dist only)
              If this option is specified, the resultant files of the pbuilder build are placed in DIRECTORY.

       --release-only
              Only use the release pocket.  Default for development releases.

       --security-only
              Only use the release and security pockets.  Suitable environment for preparing security updates.

       --updates-only
              Only use the release, security, and updates pocket.  Not the proposed-updates pocket.

       --backports
              Also use the backports archive..

EXAMPLES

       pbuilder-dist gutsy create
              Creates a pbuilder environment for Ubuntu Gutsy, with all components enabled.

       pbuilder-sid --main-only create
              Creates a pbuilder environment for Debian Sid, with only the main component.

       pbuilder-feisty build ./sample_1.0-0ubuntu1.dsc
              Builds the specified package on an already existing Ubuntu Feisty environment.

       pbuilder-dist feisty withlog build ./sample_1.0-0ubuntu1.dsc
              Same as above, but stores pbuilder's output on a file.

       pbuilder-etch i386 update
              Updates an existing i386-architecture Debian Etch environment on an amd64 system.

       cowbuilder-experimental create
              Creates a cowbuilder environment for Debian Experimental.

FILES AND ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       By  default,  pbuilder-dist  will store all the files it generates in ~/pbuilder/. This can be changed by
       setting the PBUILDFOLDER environment variable. If the directory doesn't exist, it will be created on  the
       run.

       A  file  with  the  log  of  the  last operation, called last_operation.log, will be saved in the results
       subdirectory of each build environment.

       The default authentication method is sudo. You can change this by setting the PBUILDAUTH variable.

       By default, pbuilder-dist use the  master  Debian  and  Ubuntu  mirrors.   The  pbuilder  MIRRORSITE  and
       OTHERMIRROR    variables    are    supported,   as   are   the   standard   ubuntu-dev-tools   variables:
       UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBIAN_MIRROR,            PBUILDER_DIST_DEBIAN_MIRROR,             UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBSEC_MIRROR,
       PBUILDER_DIST_DEBSEC_MIRROR,               UBUNTUTOOLS_UBUNTU_MIRROR,               PBUILDER_DIST_UBUNTU,
       UBUNTUTOOLS_UBUNTU_PORTS_MIRROR, and PBUILDER_DIST_UBUNTU_PORTS_MIRROR.   See  ubuntu-dev-tools  (5)  for
       details.

       You  may  also want to know that pbuilder-dist exports DIST and ARCH environment variables to the invoked
       process, containing the name of the distribution and the architecture targeted by the current build.  You
       can make use of them, for example, in pbuilderrc.

BUGS

       If  you  experience  any  problem  with  this  script  contact  me  on rainct@ubuntu.com or file a bug at
       https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-dev-tools.

       Please ensure first that the problem is really this script and not an issue with pbuilder  or  cowbuilder
       themselves.

AUTHORS

       pbuilder-dist  and  this  manual  page  were  written  by Siegfried-A. Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>, with
       contributions from Iain Lane <iain@orangesquash.org.uk>, Emmet Hikory <persia@ubuntu.com> and others.

       pbuilder-dist is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

ubuntu-dev-tools                                January 10, 2008                                PBUILDER-DIST(1)