Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 09:32:31PM +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Where can I learn to do a similar thing for Debian? I'd like to have my > > own package repository which: > > > > 1. Keeps my local patches and configure/build options. > > 2. Gets updated and recompiled when the main Debian repository gets updated. > > 3. Can have a higher preference for my Debian systems than the default > > Debian repositories. > > apt-build can do 1 and 3. > 2 is tricky. > > And the trick here lies in the fact that building software should use a > controlled, reproducible and deterministic environment (pbuilder, > cowbuilder, buildd to name a few), and not a live OS installation with > assorted packages and customizations.
Most certainly yes. In FreeBSD, poudriere provides this controlled
environment in the form of reference jails.
> Assuming, of course, that you need whatever you want to build working,
> not merely compiled somehow and installed somewhere.
Sure.
>
> But, since you're accustomed to do things FreeBSD way (and building
> something in controlled environment isn't something they do or promote)
This is incorrect.
> - just assume that apt-build can do updates too.
>
I'll take a look at it but from what you have written above, it's
probably not what I am looking for. From the man page, it looks more
like FreeBSD's portmaster ("fetch the source and build/install right
here for this particular system").
I would like for my custom packages to form a repo I could use from
several Debian systems.
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