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piuparts_slave_run - start up piuparts-slave instance(s) in screen

piuparts_slave_run ['SLAVE-NUMBERS']

piuparts_slave_run runs piuparts-slave instance(s) in screen which run piuparts tests which test whether Debian packages handle installation, upgrading, and removal correctly.

By default, piuparts_slave_run will start the number of slaves specified by the 'slave-count' parameter in the piuparts.conf file. If 'slave-count' is not defined, a single slave will be started. If a single argument is supplied to piuparts_slave_run, consisting of a space-separated list of numbers between 1 and 'slave-count', only those slaves will be started.

There are no options to this command currently. Note however that this interface is under development and may change.

Running piuparts in master-slave mode requires configuration in /etc/piuparts.

piuparts_slave_run should be able to run slaves in different ways: 1. all, in a new screen (only this is implemented at the moment) 2. a specific one, in a specified screen slot in a (running) screen 3. append one to a (running) screen using a "random" slot 4. start slave in the current directory in the current shell in foreground.

Make sure to also read /usr/share/doc/piuparts-master/README_server.txt.

piuparts (1), piuparts_slave_join (8), piuparts_slave_stop (8), screen (1)

Holger Levsen (holger@layer-acht.org)

January 18, 2023