From db125088520d739b19607057e8635a9ddb28fe6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Shumaker Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 13:50:34 -0400 Subject: clean up doc/; normalize filenames, clean up createworkdir(.md) --- doc/workflows.markdown | 60 -------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 60 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/workflows.markdown (limited to 'doc/workflows.markdown') diff --git a/doc/workflows.markdown b/doc/workflows.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index f55ae7e..0000000 --- a/doc/workflows.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ -# Workflows - -Describe your packaging workflow here! - - -## fauno's way - -During packaging, I don't usually restart a build from scratch if I have to -make changes to the PKGBUILD. I use a lot of commenting out commands already -ran, `makepkg -R`, etc. When I used `libremakepkg` I ended up using a lot more -`librechroot` and working from inside the unconfigured chroot, because -`makechrootpkg` (the underlying technology for `libremakepkg`) tries to be too -smart. - -When I started writing `treepkg` I found that mounting what I need directly on -the chroot and working from inside it was much more comfortable and simple than -having a makepkg wrapper doing funny stuff (for instance, mangling makepkg.conf -and breaking everything.) - -This is how the chroot is configured: - -* Create the same user (with same uid) on the chroot that the one I use regularly. - -* Give it password-less sudo on the chroot. - -* Bind mount /home to /chroot/home, where I have the abslibre-mips64el clone. - -* Bind mount /var/cache/pacman/pkg to /chroot/var/cache/pacman/pkg - -* Put these on system's fstab so I don't have to do it everytime - -* Configure makepkg.conf to PKGDEST=CacheDir and SRCDEST to something on my home. - -Workflow: - -* Enter the chroot with `systemd-nspawn -D/chroot` and `su - fauno`. - -* From another shell (I use tmux) edit the abslibre or search for updates with - `git log --no-merges --numstat`. - -* Pick a package and run `treepkg` from its dir on the chroot, or retake - a build with `treepkg /tmp/package-treepkg-xxxx`. (Refer to doc/treepkg - here). - -What this allows: - -* Not having to worry about the state of the chroot. `chcleanup` removes and - adds packages in a smart way so shared dependencies stay and others move - along (think of installing and removing qt for a complete kde rebuild). - -* Building many packages in a row without recreating a chroot for every one of - them. - -* Knowing that any change you made to the chroot stays as you want (no one - touches your makepkg.conf) - -* Hability to run regular commands, not through a chroot wrapper. I can `cd` to - a dir and use `makepkg -whatever` on it and nothing breaks. - -* No extra code spent on wrappers. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf