Git-buildpackage

(To be written up once experimentation is done.)

Experiments

Mark is experimenting with building puppet using git-buildpackage, in labs.

On i-00000080:

• The debian puppet package git repository was cloned into ~/git/debs/puppet
• Package build was attempted with git-buildpackage --git-ignore-new --git-pristine-tar
• Signing the package failed, as the Debian maintainer's secret key is not available.
• Package build was attempted without signing:

git-buildpackage --git-ignore-new --git-pristine-tar -us -uc

• This worked. We ended up with built packages in ~/git/debs, and a dirty git working dir.
• The git working directory was made clean again, and another build was attempted using

git-buildpackage --git-ignore-new --git-pristine-tar -us -uc --git-export-dir=/var/tmp/build-area/puppet

• This worked as well. Packages were being built, and the git working dir remained clean. Packages ended up in the build dir.
• The debian git dir only had version 2.7.6, but we want 2.7.7rc2. So I tried importing the dev release with

git-import-orig /tmp/puppet-2.7.7rc2.tar.gz