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<article>
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<articleinfo>
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<title>Package Building Procedures</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<corpauthor>The &os; Ports Management Team</corpauthor>
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</authorgroup>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate>
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<copyright>
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<year>2003</year>
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<year>2004</year>
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<holder role="mailto:portmgr@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Ports
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Management Team</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
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&tm-attrib.freebsd;
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&tm-attrib.intel;
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&tm-attrib.sparc;
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&tm-attrib.general;
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</legalnotice>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="intro">
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<title>Introduction and Conventions</title>
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<para>In order to provide pre-compiled binaries of third-party
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applications for &os;, the ports collection is regularly
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built on one of the <quote>Package Building Clusters.</quote>
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Currently, there are two such clusters:
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<hostid role="fqdn">pointyhat.FreeBSD.org</hostid> and
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<hostid role="fqdn">dosirak.kr.FreeBSD.org</hostid>.</para>
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<para>Most of the package building magic occurs under the
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<filename>/var/portbuild</filename> directory. Unless
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otherwise specified, all paths will be relative to
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this location. <replaceable>${arch}</replaceable> will
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be used to specify one of the package architectures
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(&i386;, alpha, &sparc64;, ia64, and amd64), and
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<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable> will be used
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to specify the build branch (4, 5, 4-exp).
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="management">
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<title>Build Client Management</title>
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<para>The &i386;, alpha, amd64, and two sparc64 clients currently
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netboot from <hostid>pointyhat</hostid>; the other sparc64 client
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and ia64 clients are self-hosted. In all cases they set themselves
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up at boot-time to prepare to build packages.</para>
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<para>The
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<username>ports-<replaceable>${arch}</replaceable></username>
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user can &man.ssh.1; as <username>root</username> onto
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each of the <replaceable>${arch}</replaceable> nodes.</para>
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<para>The <command>scripts/allgohans</command> script can
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be used to run a command on all of the
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<replaceable>${arch}</replaceable> clients.</para>
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<para>The <command>scripts/checkmachines</command> script
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is used to monitor the load on all the nodes of the
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build cluster, and schedule which nodes build which ports.
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This script is not very robust, and has a tendency to die.
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It is best to start up this script on the build master
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(either <hostid>pointyhat</hostid> or <hostid>dosirak</hostid>)
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after boot time using a &man.while.1; loop.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="setup">
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<title>Chroot Build Environment Setup</title>
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<para>Package builds are performed in a
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<literal>chroot</literal> populated by the
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<filename>portbuild</filename> script using the
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/tarballs/bindist.tar</filename>
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file. This tarball is created by the
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<command>mkbindist</command> script which reads the
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/mkbindist.conf</filename>
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file to decide how to create the tarball.</para>
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<para>The script should be run as <username>root</username>
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with the following command:</para>
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<screen>/var/portbuild&prompt.root; <userinput>scripts/mkbindist <replaceable>${arch}</replaceable> <replaceable>${branch}</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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<para>If <literal>ftp=1</literal> in
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<filename>mkbindist.conf</filename> then a prebuilt release
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will be downloaded via FTP from the location specified by
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ftp://<replaceable>${ftpserver}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${ftpurl}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${rel}</replaceable>.
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If <literal>ftp=0</literal> and
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<literal>buildworld=1</literal> then
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<command>mkbindist</command> will call
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<command>makeworld</command> to build a new world
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[<literal>XXX</literal> This is currently broken].</para>
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<para>If both <literal>ftp=0</literal> and
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<literal>buildworld=0</literal> then
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<command>mkbindist</command> will use the pre-existing
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contents of <replaceable>${worlddir}</replaceable> to
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create <filename>bindist.tar</filename>. In practice
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this means that you must have already installed a world
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in ${worlddir}, which is typically installed with the
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<command>makeworld</command> script:</para>
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<screen>/var/portbuild&prompt.root; <userinput>scripts/makeworld <replaceable>${arch}</replaceable> <replaceable>${branch}</replaceable> [-nocvs]</userinput></screen>
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<para>This command builds a world from the
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/src</filename>
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tree and installs it into
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<replaceable>${worlddir}</replaceable>. The tree will
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be updated first unless <literal>-nocvs</literal> is
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specified.</para>
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<para>The <filename>bindist.tar</filename> file is extracted
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onto each client at client boot time, and at the start of
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each pass of the <command>dopackages</command>
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script.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="starting">
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<title>Starting the Build</title>
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<para>The <filename>scripts/dopackages*</filename> scripts
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are used to perform the builds. Most useful are:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>dopackages.5</command> - Perform a
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5.X build
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>dopackages.4</command> - Perform a
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4.X build
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>dopackages.4-exp</command> - Perform
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a 4.X build with experimental patches
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(4-exp branch)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>These are wrappers around <command>dopackages</command>,
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and are all symlinked to <command>dopackages.wrapper</command>.
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New branch wrapper scripts can be created by symlinking
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<command>dopackages.${branch}</command> to
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<command>dopackages.wrapper</command>. These scripts
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take a number of arguments. For example:</para>
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<screen><command>dopackages.5 <replaceable>${arch}</replaceable> <literal>[-options]</literal></command></screen>
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<para><literal>[-options]</literal> may be zero or more of the
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following:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-nofinish</literal> - Do not perform
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post-processing once the build is complete. Useful
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if you expect that the build will need to be restarted
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once it finishes. This option should always be used
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for normal build operations.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-finish</literal> - Perform
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post-processing only.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-restart</literal> - Restart an interrupted
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(or non-<literal>finish</literal>ed) build from the
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beginning. Ports that failed on the previous build will
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be rebuilt.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-continue</literal> - Restart an interrupted
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(or non-<literal>finish</literal>ed) build. Will not
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rebuild ports that failed on the previous build.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-cdrom</literal> - This package build is
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intended to end up on a CD-ROM, so
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<literal>NO_CDROM</literal> packages and distfiles
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should be deleted in post-processing.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-nobuild</literal> - Perform all
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the preprocessing steps, but do not actually do
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the package build.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-noindex</literal> - Do not rebuild
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<filename>INDEX</filename> during preprocessing.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-noduds</literal> - Do not rebuild the
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<filename>duds</filename> file (ports that are never
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built, e.g. those marked <literal>IGNORE</literal>,
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<literal>NO_PACKAGE</literal>, etc.) during
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preprocessing.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-nocvs</literal> - Do not
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<command>cvs update</command> the
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<literal>src</literal> tree during preprocessing.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-noportscvs</literal> - Do not
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<command>cvs update</command> the
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<literal>ports</literal> tree during preprocessing.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-norestr</literal> - Do not attempt to build
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<literal>RESTRICTED</literal> ports.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-plistcheck</literal> - Make it fatal for
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ports to leave behind files after deinstallation.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-distfiles</literal> - Collect distfiles
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that pass <command>make checksum</command> for later
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uploading to <hostid>ftp-master</hostid>. Use this
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sparingly because it takes up a lot of disk space.
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You should remove the distfiles once they have been
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transfered to <hostid>ftp-master</hostid>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><literal>-fetch-original</literal> - Fetch the
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distfile from the original <literal>MASTER_SITES</literal>
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rather than <hostid>ftp-master</hostid>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Make sure the <replaceable>${arch}</replaceable> build
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is run as the ports-<replaceable>${arch}</replaceable> user
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or it will complain loudly.</para>
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<note><para>The actual package build itself occurs in two
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identical phases. The reason for this is that sometimes
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transient propblems (e.g. NFS failures, FTP sites being
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unreachable, etc.) may halt the build. Doing things
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in two phases is a workaround for these types of
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problems.</para></note>
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<para>Be careful that <filename>ports/Makefile</filename>
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does not specify any empty subdirectories. This is especially
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important if you are doing a 4-exp build. If the build
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process encounters an empty subdirectory, both package build
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phases will stop short, and an error similar to the following
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will be written to
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/make.[0|1]</filename>:
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</para>
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<screen><literal>don't know how to make dns-all(continuing)</literal></screen>
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<para>To correct this problem, simply comment out or remove
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the <literal>SUBDIR</literal> entries that point to empty
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subdirectories. After doing this, you can restart the build
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by running the proper <command>dopackages</command> command
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with the <literal>-restart</literal> option.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="anatomy">
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<title>Anatomy of a Build</title>
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<para>A full build without any <literal>-no</literal>
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options performs the following operations in the
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specified order:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>A CVS checkout of the current <literal>ports</literal>
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tree [*]
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>A CVS checkout of the running branch's
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<literal>doc</literal> tree [*]
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>A CVS checkout of the running branch's
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<literal>src</literal> tree [*]
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Checks which ports do not have a
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<literal>SUBDIR</literal> entry in their respective
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category's <filename>Makefile</filename> [*]
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Creates the <filename>duds</filename> file, which
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is a list of ports not to build [*] [+]
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Generates a fresh <filename>INDEX</filename>
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file [*] [+]
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Sets up the nodes that will be used in the
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build [*] [+]
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Builds a list of restricted ports [*] [+]</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Builds packages (phase 1) [++]</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Performs another node setup [+]</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Builds packages (phase 2) [++]</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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<para>[*] Status of these steps can be found in
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/build.log</filename>
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as well as on stderr of the tty running the
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<command>dopackages</command> command.</para>
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<para>[+] If any of these steps fail, the build will stop
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cold in its tracks.</para>
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<para>[++] Status of these steps can be found in
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/make.[0|1]</filename>,
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where <filename>make.0</filename> is the log file used by
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phase 1 of the package build and <filename>make.1</filename>
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is the log file used by phase 2. Individual ports will write
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their build logs to
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/logs</filename>
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and their error logs to
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/errors</filename>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="interrupting">
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<title>Interrupting a Build</title>
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<para>Sending a <literal>HUP</literal> signal to the
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<command>dopackages*</command> shell processes or to any
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<command>make</command> process invoked by those scripts
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is usually sufficient to interrupt the build. The
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package builds dispatched by <command>make</command> to
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the client machines will clean themselves up after a
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few minutes (check with <command>ps x</command> until they
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all go away). The following command usually does the trick:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>killall -HUP sh ssh make</userinput></screen>
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<para>Remove the
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/lock</filename>
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file before trying to restart the build.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="monitoring">
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<title>Monitoring the Build</title>
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<para>The
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<command>scripts/stats <replaceable>${branch}</replaceable></command>
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command counts the number of packages currently built.</para>
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<para>Running <command>cat /var/portbuild/*/loads/*</command>
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shows the client loads and number of concurrent builds in
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progress.</para>
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<para>Running <command>tail -f <replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/build.log</command>
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shows the overall build progress.</para>
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<para>If a build is failing, and it is not immediately obvious
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from the port build log as to why, you can preserve the
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<literal>WRKDIR</literal> for further analysis. To do this,
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touch a file called <filename>.keep</filename> in the port's
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directory. The next time the cluster tries to build this port,
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it will tar, compress, and copy the <literal>WRKDIR</literal>
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to
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/wrkdirs</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>Keep an eye on &man.df.1; output. If the
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<filename>/var/portbuild</filename> file system becomes full
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then <trademark>Bad Things</trademark> happen.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="release">
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<title>Release Builds</title>
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<para>When building packages for a release, it may be
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necessary to manually update the <literal>ports</literal>
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and <literal>src</literal> trees to the release tag and use
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<literal>-nocvs</literal> and
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<literal>-noportscvs</literal>.</para>
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<para>To build package sets intended for use on a CD-ROM,
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use the <literal>-cdrom</literal> option to
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<command>dopackages</command>.</para>
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<para>Assuming disk space is available on the cluster, use
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<literal>-distfiles</literal> to collect distfiles.</para>
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<note><para>You must run the initial build with
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<literal>-distfiles</literal> to collect
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all the fetched distfiles.</para></note>
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<para>After the initial build completes, restart the build
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with
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<literal>-restart -distfiles -fetch-original</literal>
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to collect updated distfiles as well. Then, once the
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build is post-processed, take an inventory of the list
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of files fetched:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd <replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable></userinput>
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&prompt.user; <userinput>find distfiles > distfiles-<replaceable>${release}</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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<para>This inventory file typically lives in
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<filename>i386/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable></filename>
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on the cluster master.</para>
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<para>This is useful to aid in periodically cleaning out
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the distfiles from <hostid>ftp-master</hostid>. When space
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gets tight, distfiles from recent releases can be kept while
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others can be thrown away.</para>
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<para>Once the distfiles have been uploaded (see below),
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the final release package set must be created. Just to be
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on the safe side, run the
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/cdrom.sh</filename>
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script by hand to make sure all the CD-ROM restricted packages
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and distfiles have been pruned. Then, copy the
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/packages</filename>
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directory to
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<filename><replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable>/packages-<replaceable>${release}</replaceable></filename>.
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Once the packages are safely moved off, contact the &a.re;
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and inform them of the release package location.</para>
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<para>Remember to coordinate with the &a.re; about the timing
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and status of the release builds.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="uploading">
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<title>Uploading Packages</title>
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<para>Once a build has completed, packages and/or distfiles
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can be transferred to <hostid>ftp-master</hostid> for
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|
propagation to the FTP mirror network. If the build was
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run with <literal>-nofinish</literal>, then make sure to
|
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follow up with
|
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<command>dopackages -finish</command> to post-process the
|
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packages (removes <literal>RESTRICTED</literal> and
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<literal>NO_CDROM</literal> packages where appropriate,
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prunes packages not listed in <filename>INDEX</filename>,
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removes from <filename>INDEX</filename>
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references to packages not built, and generates a
|
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<filename>CHECKSUM.MD5</filename>
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summary); and distfiles (moves them from the temporary
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<filename>distfiles/.pbtmp</filename> directory into
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<filename>distfiles/</filename> and removes
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<literal>RESTRICTED</literal> and <literal>NO_CDROM</literal>
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distfiles).</para>
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<para>It is usually a good idea to run the
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<command>restricted.sh</command> and/or
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<command>cdrom.sh</command> scripts by hand after
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<command>dopackages</command> finishes just to be safe.
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Run the <command>restricted.sh</command> script before
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uploading to <hostid>ftp-master</hostid>, then run
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<command>cdrom.sh</command> before preparing
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the final package set for a release.</para>
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|
|
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<para>Packages can be copied to the staging area on
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<hostid>ftp-master</hostid> with something like the following:</para>
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<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /var/portbuild/<replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable></userinput>
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&prompt.root; <userinput>tar cfv - packages/ | ssh portmgr@ftp-master tar xfC - w/ports/<replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/tmp/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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|
|
|
<para>Then log into <hostid>ftp-master</hostid>, verify that
|
|
the package set was transferred successfully, remove the
|
|
package set that the new package set is to replace (in
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|
<filename>~/w/ports/<replaceable>${arch}</replaceable></filename>),
|
|
and move the new set into place.</para>
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|
|
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<note><para>Some of the directories on
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|
<hostid>ftp-master</hostid> are, in fact, symlinks. Be sure
|
|
you move the new packages directory over the
|
|
<emphasis>real</emphasis> destination directory, and not
|
|
one of the symlinks that points to it.</para></note>
|
|
|
|
<para>Distfiles can be transferred via
|
|
<command>rsync</command>:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /var/portbuild/<replaceable>${arch}</replaceable>/<replaceable>${branch}</replaceable></userinput>
|
|
&prompt.root; <userinput>rsync -r -v -l -p -c -n distfiles/ portmgr@ftp-master:w/ports/distfiles/ | tee log</userinput></screen>
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|
|
|
<para><emphasis>ALWAYS</emphasis> use <literal>-n</literal>
|
|
first with <command>rsync</command> and check the output
|
|
to make sure it is sane. If it looks good, re-run the
|
|
<command>rsync</command> without the <literal>-n</literal>
|
|
option.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="expbuilds">
|
|
<title>Experimental Patches Builds</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>Experimental patches builds are run from time to time to
|
|
new features or bugfixes to the ports infrastruction (i.e.
|
|
<literal>bsd.port.mk</literal>), or to test large sweeping
|
|
upgrades. The current experimental patches branch is
|
|
<literal>4-exp</literal> on the <literal>i386</literal>
|
|
architecture.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>In general, an experimental patches build is run the same
|
|
way as any other build. However, before running the
|
|
<literal>dopackages</literal> script, you must apply the required
|
|
patches to the ports tree. It is always a good idea to save
|
|
original copies of all changed files, as well as a list of what
|
|
you are changing. You can then look back on this list when doing
|
|
the final commit.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>In order to have a good control case with which to compare
|
|
failures, you should first do a package build of the branch on
|
|
which the experimental patches branch is based for the i386
|
|
architecture (currently this is <literal>4</literal>). Then, when
|
|
preparing for the experimental patches build, checkout a ports
|
|
tree and a src tree with the same date as was used for the control
|
|
build. This will ensure an apples-to-apples comparison
|
|
later.</para>
|
|
|
|
<note><para>One build cluster can do the control build while the other
|
|
does the experimental patches build. This can be a great
|
|
time-saver.</para></note>
|
|
|
|
<para>Once the build finishes, compare the control build failures
|
|
to those of the experimental patches build. Use the following
|
|
commands to facilitate this (this assumes the <literal>4</literal>
|
|
branch is the control branch, and the <literal>4-exp</literal>
|
|
branch is the experimental patches branch):</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd /var/portbuild/i386/4-exp/errors</userinput>
|
|
&prompt.user; <userinput>find . -name \*.log\* | sort > /tmp/4-exp-errs</userinput>
|
|
&prompt.user; <userinput>cd /var/portbuild/i386/4/errors</userinput>
|
|
&prompt.user; <userinput>find . -name \*.log\* | sort > /tmp/4-errs</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<note><para>If it has been a long time since one of the builds
|
|
finished, the logs may have been automatically compressed with
|
|
bzip2. In that case, you must use <literal>sort | sed
|
|
's,\.bz2,,g'</literal> instead.</para></note>
|
|
|
|
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>comm -3 /tmp/4-errs /tmp/4-exp-errs | less</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>This last command will produce a two-column report. The
|
|
first column is ports that failed on the control build but not in
|
|
the experimental patches build; the second column is vice versa.
|
|
Reasons that the port might be in the first column
|
|
include:</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Port was fixed since the control build was run, or was
|
|
upgraded to a newer version that is also broken (thus the
|
|
newer version should appear in the second column)
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Port is fixed by the patches in the experimental patches
|
|
build
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Port did not build under the experimental patches build
|
|
due to a dependency failure
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<para>Reasons for a port appearing in the second column
|
|
include:</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Port was broken by the experimental patches [1]</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Port was upgraded since the control build and has become
|
|
broken [2]
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Port was broken due to a transient error (e.g. FTP site
|
|
down, package client error, etc.)
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<para>Both columns should be investigated and the reason for the
|
|
errors understood before committing the experimental patches set.
|
|
To differentiate between [1] and [2] above, you can do a rebuild
|
|
of the affected packages under the control branch:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd /var/portbuild/i386/4/ports</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<note><para>Be sure to cvs update this tree to the same date as
|
|
the experimental patches tree.</para></note>
|
|
|
|
<para>The following command will set up the control branch for
|
|
the partial build:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>/var/portbuild/scripts/dopackages.4 -noportscvs -nobuild -nocvs -nofinish</userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>The builds must be performed from the
|
|
<literal>packages/All</literal> directory. This directory should
|
|
initially be empty except for the Makefile symlink. If this
|
|
symlink does not exist, it must be created:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>cd /var/portbuild/i386/4/packages/All</userinput>
|
|
&prompt.user; <userinput>ln -sf ../../Makefile .</userinput>
|
|
&prompt.user; <userinput>make -k -j<#> <list of packages to build></userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<note><para><#> is the concurrency of the build to
|
|
attempt. It is usually the sum of the weights listed in
|
|
<filename>/var/portbuild/i386/mlist</filename> unless you have a
|
|
reason to run a heavier or lighter build.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The list of packages to build should be a list of package
|
|
names (including versions) as they appear in
|
|
<filename>INDEX</filename>. The <literal>PKGSUFFIX</literal>
|
|
(i.e. .tgz or .tbz) is optional.</para></note>
|
|
|
|
<para>This will build only those packages listed as well as all
|
|
of their dependencies. You can check the progress of this
|
|
partial build the same way you would a regular build. Once all
|
|
the errors have been resolved, you can commit the package set.
|
|
After committing, it is customary to send a <literal>HEADS
|
|
UP</literal> email to <ulink
|
|
url="mailto:ports@FreeBSD.org">ports@FreeBSD.org</ulink> and
|
|
copy <ulink
|
|
url="mailto:ports-developers@FreeBSD.org">ports-developers@FreeBSD.org</ulink>
|
|
informing people of the changes. A summary of all changes
|
|
should also be committed to
|
|
<filename>/usr/ports/CHANGES</filename>.</para>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
</article>
|