.\" Title: pbuilder-dist .\" Author: Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals .\" Contact details: siggi.gevatter@gmail.com .\" August 16, 2007 .\" .TH PBUILDER\-DIST 1 "August 16, 2007" .\" .SH NAME pbuilder\-dist \- multi-distribution pbuilder wrapper .\" .SH SYNOPSIS \fBpbuilder\-dist\fP \fIdistribution\fR [\fBi386\fP|\fBamd64\fP] [\fBmainonly\fP|\fBallcomp\fP] [\fBwithlog\fP|\fBnolog\fP] \fIoperation\fR [\fI...\fR] .\" .SH DESCRIPTION \fBpbuilder\-dist\fP is a wrapper that makes it easy to use pbuilder with many different versions of Ubuntu and/or Debian. .PP It is common to symlink this script in order to give it many names in the form of \fBpbuilder\-\fIdistribution\fP\fR (\fBpbuilder\-\fIdistribution\fR\-\fIarchitecture\fP\fR on amd64 systems), like for example \fBpbuilder\-feisty\fP, \fBpbuilder\-sid\fP, \fBpbuilder\-gutsy\-i386\fP, etc. .\" .SH USAGE There are many arguments listed on the synopsis. Each of them, if used, has to be used exactly in the same order as it appears there. In case you renamed the script to \fBpbuilder\-\fIdistribution\fP\fR, do not use the \fBdistribution\fP parameter; same with \fBi386\fP / \fBamd64\fP if the name also contains \-\fIarchitecture\fR. .TP \fBdistribution\fP Replace this with the codename of the version of Ubuntu or Debian you want to use. .TP \fBi386\fP / \fBamd64\fP Only available on amd64 systems. This is optional; default is \fBamd64\fP. If \fBi386\fP is specified, an i386 environment will be used. .TP \fBmainonly\fP / \fBallcomp\fP This is optional; default is \fBallcomp\fP. If you specify \fBmainonly\fP, only packages from the main (in Debian) or main and restricted (in Ubuntu) components will be used. With the latter one, all official components will be enabled. This only has effect when creating a new environment. .TP \fBwithlog\fP / \fBnolog\fP This is optional; default is \fBnolog\fP. When \fBwithlog\fP is used, \fBpbuilder\fP will save the output produced by the current action in a dot-file called \fB.lastlog\fP in its base directory (see the FILES section). If this file already exists, it will be overwritten. .TP \fBoperation\fP Replace this with the action you want \fBpbuilder\fP to do (create, update, build, clean, login or execute). Check its manpage for more details. .TP \fB[...]\fP .br Replace this with other parameters, if needed. For example, if \fBbuild\fP is the option, you will need to also specify a .dsc file. .PP The default value of all optional parameters (except the architecture) can be changed by editing the first lines of the script. .\" .SH EXAMPLES .TP pbuilder\-dist gutsy create Creates a \fBpbuilder\fP environment for Ubuntu Gutsy, with all components enabled. .TP pbuilder\-sid mainonly create Creates a \fBpbuilder\fP environment for Debian Sid, with only the main component. .TP pbuilder\-feisty build ./sample_1.0\-0ubuntu1.dsc Builds the specified package on an already existing Ubuntu Feisty environment. .TP pbuilder\-dist feisty withlog build ./sample_1.0\-0ubuntu1.dsc Same as above, but stores \fBpbuilder\fP's output on a file. .TP pbuilder\-etch i386 update Updates an existing i386-architecture Debian Etch environment on an amd64 system. .\" .SH FILES By default, \fBpbuilder\-dist\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 it doesn't exist, it will be created on the run. .\" .SH BUGS There are no known bugs at the moment. If you experience any problem with this script contact me on siggi.gevatter@gmail.com. Please ensure first that the problem is really this script and not an issue with \fBpbuilder\fP. .\" .SH AUTHORS \fBpbuilder\-dist\fP was originally written by Jamin W. Collins and Jordan Mantha . .PP On August 2007 it was mostly rewritten, and extended, by Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals . .\" .SH SEE ALSO \fBpbuilder\fR, \fBpbuilderrc\fR .\" .SH COPYRIGHT This manual page was written by Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals (RainCT) for YOU. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. .PP On Debian based systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in \fB/usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL\fP.