NAME
tla-buildpackage - Build Debian packages from a tla/Arch archive
SYNOPSIS
tla-buildpackage [ args for debuild ... ]
DESCRIPTION
The tla-buildpackage command is used to build Debian source and .deb
packages from a checked-out version of a Debian source tree. Please
refer to the tla-buildpackage manual for instructions on how to check
out such a tree.
tla-buildpackage will, in order:
· Verify that it is being executed from the proper location.
· Check to see if a proper orig.tar.gz exists. If not, it will check
out the proper upstream directory from the tla-buildpackage
repository (if necessary) and build the orig.tar.gz. The orig.tar.gz
will not contain Arch meta-data.
· Call debuild(1) with arguments instructing it to ignore Arch meta-
data in the diff.gz, passing along all arguments given to tla-
buildpackage.
OPTIONS
All options passed to tla-buildpackage (except for -h, --help, -v, and
--version) are sent directly to debuild(1).
EXAMPLE
~$ cd ~/tree/debian
~/tree/debian$ tla buildcfg debian/rdiff-backup/0.12.5-1
~/tree/debian$ cd +packages/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-0.12.5
~/tree/debian/+packages/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-0.12.5$ tla-buildpackage \
-rfakeroot
FILES
The following specific files are used by this application:
~/.tla-buildpackage
Specifies the default working copy location for all build
procedures. This file, and the directory it specifies, are both
normally created by tbp-initarchive.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables are used by this application:
TBP_WC Specifies the working copy area for tla-buildpackage to use for
all build-related tasks, overriding the value in ~/.tla-
buildpackage, if any.
COPYRIGHT
tla-buildpackage, all associated scripts and programs, this manual, and
all build scripts are Copyright (C) 2003 John Goerzen, 2008 Hubert
Chathi.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
AUTHOR
tla-buildpackage, its modules, documentation, executables, and all
included files, except where noted, was written by John Goerzen
<jgoerzen@complete.org> and Hubert Chathi <hubert@uhoreg.ca>, and
copyright is held as stated in the COPYRIGHT section.
tla-buildpackage may be downloaded from the Debian packaging system or
at
<URL:http://packages.debian.org/tla-buildpackage>.
tla-buildpackage may also be downloaded using tla like this:
$ tla register-archive hubert@uhoreg.ca--public \
http://vcs.uhoreg.ca/arch/hubert@uhoreg.ca--public
$ tla get \
hubert@uhoreg.ca--public/tla-buildpackage--mainline--1.0 \
tla-buildpackage
SEE ALSO
Detailed usage information, including a background and a description of
how the tools fit together, can be found in the tla-buildpackage
Manual. On Debian systems, you may find this at /usr/share/doc/tla-
buildpackage.
tla-buildpackage applications have references in that manual and the
following manpages: tbp-initarchive(1), tbp-importdsc(1), tbp-
importorig(1), tbp-markdeb(1), tla-buildpackage(1).
Other related references include: tla(1), debuild(1), dpkg-
buildpackage(1).
27 March 2010