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Commit e2997a72 authored by Michael Schroeder's avatar Michael Schroeder
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Rewrite the README file

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This script is used for building SUSE Linux RPMs in
a clean and safe chroot'ed build environment.
This is a tool to build binary packages in a safe and reproducible
way. The default is to build in a chroot sandbox, but it also
supports building in a virtual machine for better security.
At first you need to copy your SUSE Linux CDs into a
path reachable by the build script, for example /home/suse-8.2-i386.
The build tool can work with multiple package and recipe formats.
The currently supported package formats are deb, rpm, and arch.
The supported recipe formats are spec, dsc, kiwi, and PKGBUILD.
If you have a DVD Drive and the SUSE Linux DVD, you can mount it
and use this as the source for the RPMs.
See the man page for more information.
To build an RPM, change into the directory with the sources
and the SPEC file. Then start the build script:
env BUILD_RPMS=/home/suse-8.2-i386/suse build
If this was successful you can find the binary and source RPMs below
/var/tmp/build-root/usr/src/packages/
Note: Depending on which package you want to build, you'll need
a few hundred megabytes for the build in /var/tmp/build-root.
For more information on using build, see 'man build'.
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