2.5.12.55. DebPbuilder

The DebPbuilder step builds Debian packages within a chroot built by pbuilder. It populates the chroot with a basic system and the packages listed as build requirements. The type of the chroot to build is specified with the distribution, distribution and mirror parameter. To use pbuilder, your Buildbot user must have the right to run pbuilder as root using sudo.

from buildbot.plugins import steps

f.addStep(steps.DebPbuilder())

The step takes the following parameters

architecture: Architecture to build chroot for.
distribution: Name, or nickname, of the distribution. Defaults to ‘stable’.
basetgz: Path of the basetgz to use for building.
mirror: URL of the mirror used to download the packages from.
othermirror: List of additional deb URL ... lines to add to sources.list.
extrapackages: List if packages to install in addition to the base system.
keyring: Path to a gpg keyring to verify the downloaded packages. This is necessary if you build for a foreign distribution.
components: Repos to activate for chroot building.

2.5.12.56. DebCowbuilder

The DebCowbuilder step is a subclass of DebPbuilder, which use cowbuilder instead of pbuilder.