MK-SBUILD(1) General Commands Manual MK-SBUILD(1)
NAME
mk-sbuild - creates chroots via schroot and sbuild
SYNOPSIS
mk-sbuild [options...] <release>
DESCRIPTION
mk-sbuild creates chroots via schroot and sbuild.
OPTIONS
Listed below are the command line options for mk-sbuild:
--arch=ARCH
What architecture to select (defaults to the native architecture).
--name=NAME
Base name for the schroot (arch is appended).
--personality=PERSONALITY
What personality to use (defaults to match --arch).
--debug
Turn on script debugging.
--skip-updates
Do not include the -updates pocket in the installed sources.list.
--source-template=FILE
Use FILE as the sources.list template (defaults to $HOME/.mk-sbuild.sources).
--debootstrap-mirror=URL
Use URL as the debootstrap source (defaults to http://ports.ubuntu.com where appropriate, official Ubuntu repositories for the sup-
ported architectures).
--debootstrap-include=alpha,beta
Pass along a comma separated list of packages to debootstrap's --include argument. See debootstrap (8) for more details.
--debootstrap-exclude=alpha,beta
Pass along a comma separated list of packages to debootstrap's --exclude argument. WARNING: be careful using this option as you can
end up excluding essential package. See debootstrap (8) for more details.
--distro=DISTRO
Enable distro-specific logic. When not provided, the distribution is determined from release. Currently known distros: "debian"
and "ubuntu".
--vg=VOLUME_GROUP
Specify a volume group, and subsequently use a default SCHROOT_TYPE of "lvm-snapshot" rather than "directory" (via overlayfs or
aufs) mounts.
--type=SHROOT_TYPE
Specify a SCHROOT_TYPE. Supported values are "directory" (default if --vg not specified), "lvm-snapshot" (default if --vg speci-
fied), "btrfs-snapshot", and "file".
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
LV_SIZE
Size of source LVs (defaults to 5G).
SNAPSHOT_SIZE
Size of snapshot LVs (defaults to 4G).
SCHROOT_CONF_SUFFIX
Lines to append to schroot entries.
SKIP_UPDATES
Do not include the -updates pocket (same as --skip-updates)
DEBOOTSTRAP_MIRROR
Mirror location (same as --debootstrap-mirror)
DEBOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE
Comma separated list of packages to include when bootstrapping (same as --debootstrap-include)
DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDE
Comma separated list of packages to exclude when bootstrapping (same as --debootstrap-exclude; see warning above)
SOURCE_CHROOTS_DIR
Use SOURCE_CHROOTS_DIR as home of schroot source directories. (default /var/lib/schroot/chroots)
SOURCE_CHROOTS_TGZ
Use SOURCE_CHROOTS_TGZ as home of schroot source tarballs. (default /var/lib/schroot/tarballs)
CHROOT_SNAPSHOT_DIR
Use CHROOT_SNAPSHOT_DIR as home of mounted btrfs snapshots. (default /var/lib/schroot/snapshots)
FILES
$HOME/.mk-sbuild.rc
Sourced for environment variables (defined above).
$HOME/.mk-sbuild.sources[.$DISTRO]
Can contain a customized sources.list. It will be read when creating the schroot. If a file with ".ubuntu" or ".debian" is found
(as appropriate) it will use used instead. See sources.list (5) for more details on the format.
$HOME/.mk-sbuild.schroot.conf[.$SCHROOT_TYPE]
Can contain a customized configuration section to be inserted into /etc/schroot/schroot.conf. If a file with ".lvm-snapshot",
".directory", ".file", or "btrfs-snapshot" is found (as appropriate) that file will use used instead. See schroot.conf (5) for more
details on the format.
USING THE CHROOTS
To CHANGE the golden image: sudo schroot -c ${SCHROOT_NAME}-source -u root
To ENTER an image snapshot: schroot -c $SCHROOT_NAME
To BUILD within a snapshot: sbuild -A -d $SCHROOT_NAME $PACKAGE*.dsc
for example, to update the packages in a sid-amd64 golden image:
schroot -c sid-amd64-source -u root -- sh -c "apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qy upgrade && apt-get clean" </dev/null
SEE ALSO
sbuild-setup(7), sources.list(5), schroot.conf(5), https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SbuildLVMHowto
AUTHOR
mk-sbuild was written by Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>. This man page was written by Ryan Kavanagh <ryanakca@kubuntu.org>. Both are
released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.
ubuntu-dev-tools 09 February 2010 MK-SBUILD(1)