Re: Tools for testing LTS updates

[Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 06:41:25PM +0100, Bálint Réczey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have just patched ratt to allow automatic rebuilding of reverse
> build dependencies in distributions other than unstable:
> https://github.com/Debian/ratt/pull/8
> 
> Sbuild running on jessie (building for wheezy) still emits errors like:
> ...
> dpkg-deb: error: failed to read archive
> `libming1_0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1_amd64.deb': No such file or directory
> E: read_command failed to execute dpkg-deb
> Use of uninitialized value $arch in scalar chomp at
> /usr/share/perl5/Sbuild/Build.pm line 1295.
> Use of uninitialized value $arch in string ne at
> /usr/share/perl5/Sbuild/Build.pm line 1298.
> Use of uninitialized value $arch in string ne at
> /usr/share/perl5/Sbuild/Build.pm line 1298.
> Use of uninitialized value $arch in concatenation (.) or string at
> /usr/share/perl5/Sbuild/Build.pm line 1300.
> W: Extra package libming1_0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1_amd64.deb of architecture
> cannot be installed in the chroot
> ...
> 
> , but the extra packages install fine later:
> ...
> Get:1 copy:/<<BUILDDIR>>/resolver-W8JG9E/apt_archive/ ./ libming1
> 1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1 [186 kB]
> ...
> Selecting previously unselected package libming1.
> Unpacking libming1 (from .../libming1_1%3a0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1_amd64.deb) ...
> ...
> 
> It is pretty useful for testing updates for Wheezy LTS (and for coming
> Jessie LTS :-)).
> 
> The other tool I would love to use for LTS work is a private
> https://ci.debian.net/ installation for running autopkgtests or
> reverse dependencies.

That would indeed be awesome!
 -- Guido

> 
> To make it happen I'm thinking about spending a few hours on creating
> a puppet module for it to automate installation in a VM. What do you
> think?
> 
> Cheers,
> Balint
>