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Puppet pbuilder module

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Version information

  • 0.1.11 (latest)
  • 0.1.10
  • 0.1.9
  • 0.1.8
  • 0.1.7
  • 0.1.6
  • 0.1.5
  • 0.1.4
  • 0.1.2
  • 0.1.1
  • 0.1.0
released Jun 27th 2017
This version is compatible with:
This module has been deprecated by its author since Oct 5th 2022.

The author has suggested puppet-pbuilder as its replacement.

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Documentation

camptocamp/pbuilder — version 0.1.11 Jun 27th 2017

= Overview

Pbuilder is a building utility for Debian systems based on sbuild.

= Dependencies

This module is only tested on puppet master and client versions 0.24.7, so it could be that it depends on that version (or higher).

= Reference

To use this module, drop it into your modules path.

= Classes

  • pbuilder::common, included by the pbuilder definition

= Definitions

  • pbuilder

== pbuilder

=== Parameters

The pbuilder type takes the following arguments :

  • ensure: whether the pbuilder should be present Possible values: "present", "absent" Defaults to "present"
  • release: the Debian/Ubuntu release to be used (sarge/etch/lenny/dapper/feisty/gusty/etc.) Defaults to $lsbdistcodename
  • arch: the architecture of the pbuilder (i386, amd64, etc.) Defaults to $architecture
  • methodurl: the URL used to grab the packages from (e.g. http://http.debian.net/debian) Defaults to "" (not functional, only useful for "ensure => absent")
  • site: a hash used to find the right apt.config directory (in puppet://${server}/apt/${release}/${arch}/${site}) Defaults to "" (not functional, only useful for "ensure => absent")
  • debbuildopts: the options to send to debuild (see man dpkg-buildpackage) Defaults to "-b"
  • bindmounts: a list of space-separated directories to bind-mount in the chroot Defaults to ""
  • bindir: where to put the pbuilder script Defaults to "/usr/local/bin"
  • chrootdir: where to put the basetgz tarball Defaults to "/var/chroot/pbuilder"
  • confdir: where to store the configuration for the script Defaults to "/etc/pbuilder"
  • cachedir: where to create the aptcache, build and result directories Defaults to "/var/cache/pbuilder"
  • templaterc: the pbuilderrc ERB template to use Defaults to "pbuilder/pbuilderrc.erb"

This module assumes the following directories:

Configuration:

  • ${confdir}/$name : root for the pbuilder conf
  • ${confdir}/$name/pbuilderrc : configuration file for the pbuilder
  • ${confdir}/$name/apt.config : apt config file (including sources.list) for the pbuilder
  • ${confdir}/$name/hooks : hooks for the pbuilder

Cache:

  • ${cachedir}/$name : root for the pbuilder cache
  • ${cachedir}/$name/aptcache : aptcache for the pbuilder
  • ${cachedir}/$name/build : build directory for the pbuilder
  • ${cachedir}/$name/result : result packages for the pbuilder

Chroot:

  • ${chrootdir}/base_$name.tgz : compressed chroot for the pbuilder

=== Examples

==== Set a pbuilder using the release and architecture of the host

pbuilder { "feisty": methodurl => "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu", }

==== Destroy an old existing pbuilder

pbuilder { "dapper": ensure => absent }

==== Set an am64 pbuilder for the etch release, including sources in the .changes

pbuilder { "etch-amd64": release => etch, methodurl => "http://ftp.debian.org/debian", debbuildopts => "-sa" }

=== Important note

You have to provide a valid apt.config directory for your pbuilder. You can use the apt class for that, and notify the private pbuilder_update Exec.

= Licence

Copyright © 2007-2009 Raphaël Pinson raphink@gmail.com See the LICENSE file for the full license.