From 46a733bf8137cf574ab3ce84cff220cef3e1c7ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chizi123 <joelgrun@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 01:26:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/Chizi123/Arch-autobuild-repo --- README.org | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.org b/README.org old mode 100644 new mode 100755 index d7f5f6e..1d4450d --- a/README.org +++ b/README.org @@ -3,16 +3,26 @@ * What is this? This is a set of files to auto-build a personal repository for Arch. It uses a chroot environment to build the packages, so that a build environment can be made on a server running a non-arch operating system. + * Set-up -Create a chroot environment named "chroot" in the current directory. -Copy the ~build.sh~ script to ~/build/repo~ within the chroot. -Script coming soon. +Edit ~create_chroot.sh~ variables at the top to your details. +Run ~sudo create_chroot.sh~, and create the git repository in ~/build/repo~ when prompted, with a remote repository. + +You may also want to set ~MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)"~ within the chroot to enable parallel compilation. +For xz compression, add the ~--threads=0~ option to COMPRESSXZ such that it reads ~COMPRESSXZ=(xz -c -z - --threads=0)~. +ccache may be useful to decrease the times of git packages, due to the little changes. + * Usage All scripts must be run as root. To enter the chroot, use the ~enter_chroot.sh~ script. To add a package from the AUR, use the ~add_package.sh~ script, with the git URL as the argument. To build the packages use the ~build_packages.sh~ script, which will enter the chroot, and build the packages from the PKGBUILDs stored in ~/build/repo~. + The packages are built and put into the directory ~/build/repo/x86_64~, then pushed with git. Only the latest packages are stored in ~/build/repo/x86_64~ to avoid multiple older versions building up. -Since git is used, be sure to sign in to git in the chroot and set ~git config --global credential.helper store~, with an appropriate remote repository. -To enable automatic building, create a cronjob for root, something of the sort of ~* 12 * * * /path/to/dir/build_packages.sh~. + +To enable automatic building, create a cronjob for root, something of the sort of ~0 12 * * * /path/to/dir/build_packages.sh~ to build ever day at noon. + +* To Dos +- Error catching for builds which fail. +- Create a universal variables file -- Gitblit v1.9.3