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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2003-01-03 Junichi Uekawa <dancer@debian.org> + + * Documentation/pbuilder-doc.xml: add notes on what kind of things + to expect when mass-autobuilding. + 2002-12-31 Junichi Uekawa <dancer@debian.org> * debian/README.Debian (Testsuite): update the number of diff --git a/Documentation/pbuilder-doc.xml b/Documentation/pbuilder-doc.xml index 605f13b..cb2c478 100644 --- a/Documentation/pbuilder-doc.xml +++ b/Documentation/pbuilder-doc.xml @@ -274,6 +274,32 @@ to the Debian BTS if you know of possible problems, or improved on the script considerably. </para> + <para> + To set up pbuildd, there are some points to be aware of. + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>A file <filename>./avoidlist</filename> needs to be available with the list of packages to avoid building. </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>It will try building anything, even packages that are not aimed for your architecture</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Because you are running random build scripts, it is better to use + fakeroot option of pbuilder, to avoid running build in root privilege</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Because not all builds are guaranteed to finish in a finite time, + setting timeout is probably necessary, or build may stall with + a bad build</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Some packages require a lot of disk space, + around 2GB seems to be quite sufficient for the time being. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect1> <sect1> <title>Auto-backporting scripts</title> |