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2.5.12.55. DebPbuilder

The DebPbuilder step builds Debian packages within a chroot built by pbuilder. It populates the chroot with a basic system and the packages listed as build requirements. The type of the chroot to build is specified with the distribution, distribution and mirror parameter. To use pbuilder, your Buildbot user must have the right to run pbuilder as root using sudo.

from buildbot.plugins import steps

f.addStep(steps.DebPbuilder())

The step takes the following parameters

architecture

Architecture to build chroot for.

distribution

Name, or nickname, of the distribution. Defaults to ‘stable’.

basetgz

Path of the basetgz to use for building.

mirror

URL of the mirror used to download the packages from.

othermirror

List of additional deb URL ... lines to add to sources.list.

extrapackages

List if packages to install in addition to the base system.

keyring

Path to a gpg keyring to verify the downloaded packages. This is necessary if you build for a foreign distribution.

components

Repos to activate for chroot building.

2.5.12.56. DebCowbuilder

The DebCowbuilder step is a subclass of DebPbuilder, which use cowbuilder instead of pbuilder.