MK-SBUILD(1)

NAME
mk-sbuild - creates chroots via schroot and sbuild

SYNOPSIS
mk-sbuild [options...] <release>

DESCRIPTION
mk-sbuild creates chroots via schroot and sbuild.

OPTIONS
Listed below are the command line options for mk-sbuild:

--arch=ARCH
    What architecture to select (defaults to the native architecture).

--target=ARCH
    Set up the chroot as a cross-building environment targeting the specified architecture.

--name=NAME
    Base name for the schroot (arch is appended).

--personality=PERSONALITY
    What personality to use (defaults to match --arch).

--debug
    Turn on script debugging.

--skip-updates
    Do not include the -updates pocket in the installed sources.list.

--skip-proposed
    Do not include the -proposed pocket in the installed sources.list.

--source-template=FILE
    Use FILE as the sources.list template (defaults to $HOME/.mk-sbuild.sources).

--debootstrap-mirror=URL
    Use URL as the debootstrap source (defaults to http://ports.ubuntu.com where appropriate, official Ubuntu repositories for the supported architectures).

--debootstrap-include=alpha,beta
    Pass along a comma separated list of packages to debootstrap's --include argument. See debootstrap (8) for more details.

--debootstrap-exclude=alpha,beta
    Pass along a comma separated list of packages to debootstrap's --exclude argument. WARNING: be careful using this option as you can end up excluding essential package. See debootstrap (8) for more details.

--debootstrap-keyring=keyring
    Pass along the path to a gpg keyring file to debootsrap's --keyring argument. See debootstrap (8) for more details.

--debootstrap-no-check-gpg
    Disable checking gpg signatures of downloaded Release files by using debootstrap's --no-check-gpg option. See debootstrap (8) for more details.

--distro=DISTRO
    Enable distro-specific logic. When not provided, the distribution is determined from release. Currently known distros: "debian" and "ubuntu".

--vg=VOLUME_GROUP
    Specify a volume group, and subsequently use a default SCHROOT_TYPE of "lvm-snapshot" rather than "directory" (via overlayfs or aufs) mounts.

--type=SHROOT_TYPE
    Specify a SCHROOT_TYPE. Supported values are "directory" (default if --vg not specified), "lvm-snapshot" (default if --vg specified), "btrfs-snapshot", and "file".

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

LV_SIZE
    Size of source LVs (defaults to 5G).

SNAPSHOT_SIZE
    Size of snapshot LVs (defaults to 4G).

SCHROOT_CONF_SUFFIX
    Lines to append to schroot entries.

SCHROOT_PROFILE
    Profile to use with schroot. (defaults to sbuild)

SKIP_UPDATES
    Do not include the -updates pocket (same as --skip-updates)

SKIP_PROPOSED
    Do not include the -proposed pocket (same as --skip-proposed)

DEBOOTSTRAP_MIRROR
    Mirror location (same as --debootstrap-mirror)

DEBOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE
    Comma separated list of packages to include when bootstrapping (same as --debootstrap-include)

DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDE
    Comma separated list of packages to exclude when bootstrapping (same as --debootstrap-exclude; see warning above)

DEBOOTSTRAP_KEYRING
    Keyring file to use for checking gpg signatures of retrieved release files (same as --debootstrap-keyring)

DEBOOTSTRAP_NO_CHECK_GPG
    Disable gpg verification of retrieved release files (same as --debootstrap-no-check-gpg)

SOURCE_CHROOTS_DIR
    Use SOURCE_CHROOTS_DIR as home of schroot source directories. (default /var/lib/schroot/chroots)

SOURCE_CHROOTS_TGZ
    Use SOURCE_CHROOTS_TGZ as home of schroot source tarballs. (default /var/lib/schroot/tarballs)

CHROOT_SNAPSHOT_DIR
    Use CHROOT_SNAPSHOT_DIR as home of mounted btrfs snapshots. (default /var/lib/schroot/snapshots)

FILES

$HOME/.mk-sbuild.rc
    Sourced for environment variables (defined above).

$HOME/.mk-sbuild.sources[.$DISTRO]
    Can contain a customized sources.list. It will be read when creating the schroot. If a file with ".ubuntu" or ".debian" is found (as appropriate) it will use used instead. See sources.list (5) for more details on the format.

$HOME/.mk-sbuild.schroot.conf[.$SCHROOT_TYPE]
    Can contain a customized configuration section to be inserted into /etc/schroot/schroot.conf. If a file with ".lvm-snapshot", ".directory", ".file", or "btrfs-snapshot" is found (as appropriate) that file will use used instead. See schroot.conf (5) for more details on the format.

USING THE CHROOTS

To CHANGE the golden image: sudo schroot -c ${SCHROOT_NAME}-source -u root

To ENTER an image snapshot: schroot -c $SCHROOT_NAME

To BUILD within a snapshot: sbuild -A -d $SCHROOT_NAME $PACKAGE*.dsc

for example, to update the packages in a sid-amd64 golden image:
    schroot -c sid-amd64-source -u root -- sh -c "apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qy upgrade && apt-get clean" </dev/null

SEE ALSO
sbuild-setup(7), sources.list(5), schroot.conf(5), https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SbuildLVMHowto

AUTHOR
mk-sbuild was written by Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>. This man page was written by Ryan Kavanagh <ryanakca@kubuntu.org>. Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.