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Re: Testing pkgsrc builds & dependencies
Hi Gordon!
On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 12:43:47PM -0700, Gordon Zaft wrote:
> (Apologies if this is not the right list for this)
No, this one is fine.
> I've been using NetBSD and pkgsrc for a long time, and I now have a
> (little) spare time and a spare server that's not doing anything, so I
> thought I would teach myself some tools by setting up a pkgsrc build/test
> machine.
>
> The specific goal is to build pkgsrc packages from source in isolation (not
> in bulk) to ferret out problems with dependencies that I (and I'm sure
> others) have often found.
>
> 1) Is this a reasonable thing to attempt? Granted it will be slow, but
> that's not necessarily important.
Sure. The worst case result is that you know more :)
> 2) Should I use current or the most recent release branch?
-current, please.
> 3) Where should I report errors?
This list is fine, or you can send a bug report using send-pr(1).
> Any feedback is welcome.
I suggest looking at the mksandbox package, that will help set up a
sandbox (chroot). And when you are ready for bulk builds, use the
pbulk package.
Cheers,
Thomas
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