Alexandros Kosiaris has uploaded a new change for review.
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/204776
Change subject: Update package_builder/README.md
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Update package_builder/README.md
Add a bit more useful information
Change-Id: I8c8c584141605165d08559cce87e823a24d3d8a1
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M modules/package_builder/README.md
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
git pull ssh://gerrit.wikimedia.org:29418/operations/puppet
refs/changes/76/204776/1
diff --git a/modules/package_builder/README.md
b/modules/package_builder/README.md
index 4f907fb..d30c24e 100644
--- a/modules/package_builder/README.md
+++ b/modules/package_builder/README.md
@@ -13,10 +13,26 @@
puppet group, then add the class in the puppet group and just configure your VM
with that class
-After puppet is done you just either download a ready package and either:
+After puppet is done you will have 8 pristine cowbuilder environments. Those
+would be:
+
+ * precise-amd64
+ * trusty-amd64
+ * jessie-amd64
+ * sid-amd64
+ * precise-i386
+ * trusty-i386
+ * jessie-i386
+ * sid-i386
+
+See more below on how to use those
+
+You just either download a ready package and either of
export DIST=jessie
sudo -E pbuilder build dh-virtualenv_0.9-1.dsc
+
+The two commands above are equivalent
or if you are developing a package and are in the package directory:
@@ -24,8 +40,11 @@
Feel free to change jessie for precise, trusty or sid
-Also ARCH=amd64, or ARCH=i386 is supported if you feel like building for
+ARCH=amd64, or ARCH=i386 is supported if you feel like building for
different architecture versions.
+
+Aside from sid, the rest of the distributions allow for satisfying build time
+dependencies via the wikimedia repos.
To use packages from the wikimedia repos to satisfy build dependencies during
building you can use WIKIMEDIA=yes. There is also the approach of appending
@@ -46,3 +65,12 @@
trick is to use GIT\_PBUILDER\_AUTOCONF=no i.e.:
GIT_PBUILDER_AUTOCONF=no DIST=trusty WIKIMEDIA=yes git-buildpackage -us
-uc --git-builder=git-pbuilder
+
+Notes
+=====
+
+If you are getting confused over the naming of pbuilder/cowbuilder, here's some
+info to help you. pbuilder is the actual base software, cowbuilder is an
+extension to allow pbuilder to use COW (copy on write) instead of slow .tar.gz
+base files. For all intents and purposes this should be transparent to you as
+cowbuilder is the default pbuilder builder.
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