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).

--target=ARCH

Set up the chroot as a cross-building environment targeting the specified 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.

--skip-proposed

Do not include the -proposed 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 supported 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.

--debootstrap-keyring=keyring

Pass along the path to a gpg keyring file to debootsrap's --keyring argument. See debootstrap (8) for more details.

--debootstrap-no-check-gpg

Disable checking gpg signatures of downloaded Release files by using debootstrap's --no-check-gpg option. 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 specified), "btrfs-snapshot", and "file".

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

AUTHOR

mk-sbuild was written by Kees Cook <[email protected]>. This man page was written by Ryan Kavanagh <[email protected]>. Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.