On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any reason you don't follow-up on the list?
That was not my intention... > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 03:17:35PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 06:49:06AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I'd like to build the whole of Lenny from source and am looking for >> >> advice on the easiest tools to use. I looked at pbuilder and rebuildd >> >> and nearly had a headache. Are there tutorials out there? >> > >> > What is that for? Do you want to add a certain modification? Just for the >> > kicks? >> >> Let's say it's for the kicks. > > I'd actually wish that you can elaborate a bit more here. Because you're > not the only one rebuilding the whole Debian archive. And if this is not > a simple rebuild, maybe different tools may help. It is a simple rebuild with not a single modification. >> Almost all my binaries are self-built >> but it's a laborious process so am really desperate for having it >> automated. It's nice to have the sources locally too, and it does save >> me bandwidth, as opposed to going the way of pristine Debian binaries. >> >> > Will the newly-built packages be compatible with the existing ones? If >> > not, you may need to think carefully about bootstrapping, and then >> > start with a clean repository and only use it. >> >> Please explain a bit more here. >> >> > Take a look at rebuildd . >> >> Why is this better than the competition (EG pbuilder)? > > pbuilder and sbuild are chroot-ed builders. They are intended to build > a single package. > > You'll also need to keep a repository of the packages you built. reprepro > is nice for a small repo, but if you go for the whole Debian archive, > the standard Debian one (dak) will probably serve you better. Thanks. I'll take a look... -- my place on the web: floss-and-misc.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
