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pk4-replace - build sources and replace currently installed packages

pk4-replace [options]

pk4-replace builds the sources in the current directory using sbuild, then replaces the subset of currently installed binary packages with the newly built packages.

Print the build command and exit

# Fetch the i3 source, apply a bugfix, rebuild and replace installed packages:
pk4 i3
patch -p1 < /tmp/myfix.patch
pk4-replace

The following attributes can be configured in ~/.config/pk4/pk4.deb822:

The command to use for building the sources in the current directory. Must write the path to the resulting .changes file to the pipe /proc/self/fd/3 when done.

Example (default):

Build-Command:

sbuild
--post-build-commands
echo %SBUILD_CHANGES > /proc/self/fd/3
-A
--no-clean-source
--dpkg-source-opt=--auto-commit

Example (illustrating how one line is one argv element):

Build-Command:

sbuild
--post-build-commands
echo %SBUILD_CHANGES > /proc/self/fd/3
-d
stretch

pk4(1)">">pk4(1)
make available the Debian source package producing the specified package
sbuild(1)">">sbuild(1)
build debian packages from source

Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg at debian.org>

OCTOBER 2017 Linux