ubuntu-dev-tools/doc/pbuilder-dist-simple.1

.TH PBUILDER\-DIST 1 "February 25, 2008" "ubuntu-dev-tools"

.SH NAME
pbuilder\-dist\-simple \- simple multi-distribution pbuilder wrapper

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBpbuilder\-\fI<dist>\fR\fP \fIoperation\fR [\fI...\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBpbuilder\-dist\fP is a wrapper that makes it easy to use pbuilder with
chroots for many different Ubuntu/Debian distributions.
If you need more features than \fBpbuilder\-dist\-simple\fP provides, have a
look at \fBpbuilder\-dist\fP.

.SH USAGE
Create one symlink to \fBpbuilder\-dist\-simple\fP for each distribution
for which you want a build environment, naming them like "pbuilder\-hardy",
"pbuilder\-gutsy", etc.
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Replace \fIoperation\fP with the action you want \fBpbuilder\-dist\-simple\fP
to do (create, update, build, clean, login or execute).

.SH EXAMPLES
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pbuilder\-gutsy create
Creates a \fBpbuilder\fP environment for Ubuntu Gutsy.
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pbuilder\-sid update
Updates an existing Debian Sid environment.
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pbuilder\-hardy build ./sample_1.0\-0ubuntu1.dsc
Builds the specified package on an already existing Ubuntu Hardy environment.

.SH FILES
By default, \fBpbuilder\-dist\-simple\fP will store all the files it
generates in \fB~/pbuilder/\fP.
This can be changed by modifying the BASE_DIR value on the top of the script
to any other directory you want.
If the directory doesn't exit, it will be created at runtime.

.SH SEE ALSO
\fBpbuilder\fR, \fBpbuilderrc\fR

.SH AUTHORS
\fBpbuilder\-dist\fP was originally written by Jamin W. Collins
<jcollins@asgardsrealm.net> and Jordan Mantha <mantha@ubuntu.com>, and
this manpage by Siegfried-A. Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>.
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Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or
later.