Re: Instructions for uploading to bookworm-backports

Boyuan Yang <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Aug 2023 13:51:48 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.backports.general
Organization	Debian Project
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

在 2023-08-26星期六的 10:42 -0700，Soren Stoutner写道：
> Distribution: bookworm

That's it. This field must not be bookworm; it must be "bookworm-backports" or
"stable-backports" (for the time being when stable === bookworm). I have no idea about
what toolchain you are using but something must be wrong.

I know the workflow of preparing the correct source package may be a little bit twisted.
Personally I do not use pbuilder or cowbuilder at all. Since I am using git-buildpackage with
sbuild, I will just list whatever command I am using right here:

   gbp buildpackage --git-no-pristine-tar --git-ignore-branch --git-builder=sbuild -A -v -d bookworm-backports --source --source-only-changes --force-orig-source -
k<my_key_fingerprint> --build-dep-resolver=aptitude --no-clean-source --git-no-create-orig

When using sbuild solely:

   sbuild -A -v -d bookworm-backports --source --source-only-changes --force-orig-source -k<my_key_fingerprint> --build-dep-resolver=aptitude --no-clean-source --git-no-
create-orig /path/to/filename.dsc

The key is to pass the "-d bookworm-backports" parameter to sbuild. Other parameters are more or
less optional. Of course, you will have to set up the bookworm-backports schroot in advance as
described in sbuild-createchroot(8), and use "bookworm-backports" in the latest debian/changelog
entry as usual.

I looked at https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingFormalBackports and have no idea about how
to improve the "Build in a minimal environment" section. If you wish, you can update the
Wiki accordingly.

Thanks,
Boyuan Yang

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