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/svn/athena r22958 - trunk/debathena
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Fri May 2 16:03:29 2008
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 16:02:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: ghudson@MIT.EDU
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Author: ghudson
Date: 2008-05-02 16:02:55 -0400 (Fri, 02 May 2008)
New Revision: 22958
Modified:
trunk/debathena/NOTES
Log:
Update the notes for adding a new distribution to Debathena.
Modified: trunk/debathena/NOTES
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--- trunk/debathena/NOTES 2008-05-02 19:39:52 UTC (rev 22957)
+++ trunk/debathena/NOTES 2008-05-02 20:02:55 UTC (rev 22958)
@@ -275,42 +275,49 @@
imperfect. Substitute the name of the new suite for "newdist" in all
steps below.
- 1. Create the new distribution in the apt repository's configuration
+ 1. Make sure the apt repository is up to date with respect to the
+ source tree for the existing dists.
+
+ 2. Add the new dist to scripts/debian-versions.sh. (It is not
+ necessary to add the new dist to codes at this point, but it must
+ be present in the gettag conditional.)
+
+ 3. Create the new distribution in the apt repository's configuration
file. Create the skeleton of the dist by installing at least one
equivs package from meta/ with "reprepro -Vb $DEBATHENA_APT
include newdistname file.changes".
- 2. On the build server, create a chroot for the new distribution as
+ 4. On the build server, create a chroot for the new distribution as
documented above. This may require downloading and installing a
more recent version of the debootstrap package from the
-backports dist corresponding to the build server's OS.
- 3. Set the DEBATHENA_BUILD_AREA environment variable to point to the
+ 5. Set the DEBATHENA_BUILD_AREA environment variable to point to the
build area.
- 4. Fire up screen.
+ 6. Fire up screen.
- 5. mkdir $DEBATHENA_BUILD_AREA/stamps.newdist.
+ 7. mkdir $DEBATHENA_BUILD_AREA/stamps.newdist.
- 6. cd into a checkout of debathena/scripts/build-server/build-all.
+ 8. cd into a checkout of debathena/scripts/build-server/build-all.
- 7. Edit Makefile (and check in the edit) so that suite is the new
+ 9. Edit Makefile (and check in the edit) so that suite is the new
distribution and psuite is the previously most recent Debian or
Ubuntu distribution.
- 8. Run "make deps.mk".
+ 10. Run "make deps.mk".
- 9. Run "make all STAMPS=$DEBATHENA_BUILD_AREA/stamps.newdist". You
- can watch the builds happen in the other windows of the screen
- session. It's possible to do several builds at once with make -j
- N.
+ 11. Run "make -k all STAMPS=$DEBATHENA_BUILD_AREA/stamps.newdist".
+ You can watch the builds happen in the other windows of the
+ screen session. It's possible to do several builds at once with
+ make -j N.
- 10. debathenify packages will fail out; they must be built by hand.
+ 12. debathenify packages will fail out; they must be built by hand.
When the build fails on one, cd into third/packagename in the
build area and run "./debathenify newdist-amd64 -A source binary
upload" and "./debathenify newdist-i386 binary upload". Then
touch $DEBATHENA_BUILD_AREA/stamps.newdist/packagename.done" and
restart the build.
- 11. Go into third/openafs in the build area and build AFS modules
+ 13. Go into third/openafs in the build area and build AFS modules
for the new suite's kernels. (Instructions pending.)
