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cowbuilder(8)


NAME

   cowbuilder - a pbuilder wrapper for cowdancer.

SYNOPSIS

   cowbuilder [commands] [options]

DESCRIPTION

   cowbuilder Executes the specified pbuilder operation with cowdancer

COMMANDS

   Most commands invoke pbuilder with the specified commands, see pbuilder
   manual for details.

   --create

          Create the base.cow image.  The directory for base.cow should be
          empty, or this command will fail.

   --update

          Update the base.cow image.

   --build .dsc-file

          Build a package given a .dsc file

   --login

          Start a session within the base.cow.

   --execute

          Execute a command within the base.cow.

   --dumpconfig

          dump configuration information.

OPTIONS

   Most  options  are the same as pbuilder, except for the following which
   are handled specially

   --buildplace

          The place where COW operation takes place.

   --basepath
          has a very different meaning  to  basetgz  option  of  pbuilder,
          since  there  is no tgz.  This option specifies the directory in
          which  the  COW  master  data  is  stored,  the  default   being
          /var/cache/pbuilder/base.cow

   --configfile [configuration file to load]
          Additional   configuration   file   to   read  after  all  other
          configuration files have been read.

   --no-cowdancer-update

          Do not use cowdancer on cowbuilder  --update.  Please  use  this
          option  when  cowdancer  is interfering with upgrade process, or
          cowdancer itself is being upgraded within chroot.

   --debian-etch-workaround

          Work around on Debian etch compatibility. cow-shell will  search
          for all files in chroot, but will work.

CONFIGURATION FILES

   cowbuilder reads the following configuration files per default.

   /usr/share/pbuilder/pbuilderrc
          Application default, not to be changed.

   /etc/pbuilderrc
          System-wide default.

   ~/.pbuilderrc
          User default

   anything specified with --configfile option
          Additional configuration at runtime.

CONFIGURATION FILE OPTIONS

   The possible configuration options are as follows.  Others are ignored.

   DISTRIBUTION=distribution

   BUILDRESULT=directory

   BUILDPLACE=directory

   BASEPATH=path

   MIRRORSITE=http://mirror

   NO_COWDANCER_UPDATE=1

          See --no-cowdancer-update

   DEBIAN_ETCH_WORKAROUND=1

          See --debian-etch-workaround

EXAMPLES

   cowbuilder --create
          Create a base.cow image.

          # cowbuilder --create --hookdir /usr/share/doc/pbuilder/examples/workaround/ --distribution etch --debootstrap debootstrap --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/base-test.cow
          bash: /root/.pbuilderrc: No such file or directory
          W: /home/dancer/.pbuilderrc does not exist
          I: Running in no-targz mode
          Distribution is etch.
          Building the build environment
          I: running debootstrap
          /usr/sbin/debootstrap
          I: Retrieving Release
               .
               .

   cowbuilder --update
          Update the base.cow image.

          # cowbuilder --update
          bash: /root/.pbuilderrc: No such file or directory
          I: Copying COW directory
          I: Invoking pbuilder
          W: /home/dancer/.pbuilderrc does not exist
          I: Running in no-targz mode
          I: copying local configuration
          I: mounting /proc filesystem
          I: mounting /dev/pts filesystem
          I: policy-rc.d already exists
          Refreshing the base.tgz
          I: upgrading packages
               .
               .

   cowbuilder --build test_0.1.dsc
          Build the package specified in dsc file, with the base.cow image.

   pdebuild --pbuilder cowbuilder
          Run
          cowbuilder --build
          against the current directory.
          The current directory should be an extracted Debian source package directory.

          Edit
          /etc/pbuilderrc
          to have
          PDEBUILD_PBUILDER=cowbuilder
          to make this the default behavior for
          pdebuild.

   cowbuilder --login --bindmounts /home/dancer
          Start a cow-shell session inside base.cow, with
          /home/dancer
           being bind-mounted to within chroot.

          Note that cowbuilder will not cow-protect what is inside
          /home/

          # cowbuilder --login --bindmount ${HOME}
          bash: /root/.pbuilderrc: No such file or directory
          I: Copying COW directory
          I: Invoking pbuilder
          W: /home/dancer/.pbuilderrc does not exist
          I: Running in no-targz mode
          I: copying local configuration
          I: mounting /proc filesystem
          I: mounting /dev/pts filesystem
          I: Mounting /home/dancer
          I: policy-rc.d already exists
          I: entering the shell
          #

   cowbuilder --create --distribution sid --basepath /var/cache/pbuilder/base-test.cow
          Create a base.cow image with the path
          /var/cache/pbuilder/base-test.cow
          and distribution sid.

AUTHOR

   Junichi Uekawa (dancer@debian.org)

SEE ALSO

   /usr/share/doc/pbuilder/pbuilder-doc.html, pbuilder (8), pdebuild (1)



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