logilab-packaging 1.3.1

Quickstart

Note: lgp uses pbuilder, so it is a good idea to have de local proxy for debian

and ubuntu repositories (eg. apt-cache or similar).

First you have to create the base archive for a targeted distribution:

~# lgp setup -c create -d wheezy -a amd64 ~# lgp setup -c create -d trusty -a i386

Note: on wheezy, debootstrap has limited knowledge of recent Ubuntu

distributions. If you want to build a chroot for an yet-unknown Ubuntu distribution, you must add them in /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/

Simply add symlinks with the distrib codename to gutsy, like:

~# ln -s gutsy /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/trusty

Ensure the destination directory for your built packages exists (~/dists by default):

$ mkdir ~/dists

Then you can try to build a package from its sources directory:

$ hg clone http://hg.logilab.org/master/logilab/common $ cd common $ lgp build -d wheezy

See doc/packaging_howto.txt for more informations on how to use lgp.