What triggers a package build [solved]

graysky · 2014-01-18 17:45:42

When a TU updates a PKGBUILD in svn, what triggers the actual build and push into its respective repo (be it [testing] or otherwise)? I ask in part due to an svn commit of the linux package 2 days ago at the time I post.[1] I don't see the package in [testing] or [core] in an up-to-date mirror. Thanks for the info.

1. https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … c608ed5091

Last edited by graysky (2014-01-19 10:06:42)

karol · 2014-01-18 17:54:45

It's not even in the online database: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=linux

jsteel · 2014-01-18 23:07:46

That doesn't happen automatically. There may be an issue or concern about the built package, and the maintainer decided to commit the (proposed) changes for whatever reason, maybe to share changes with another maintainer.

With SVN, work is done in "trunk" and then when the package is released "trunk" is automatically copied to "repos". That allows ABS to always have the files (PKGBUILD etc) of the released version.

graysky · 2014-01-18 23:47:06

Thanks jsteel. I guess I had some vision of pkgbuild.com building in an automated fashion like koji or launchpad. So each TU builds the package on his/her own machine and copies the .tar.xz to a target location to await replication to servers?

jsteel · 2014-01-19 01:15:17

Yes, but no need to wait (db-update). The process is documented here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … Repository (bullet points)

graysky · 2014-01-19 10:06:30

Thanks.

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What triggers a package build [solved]

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