Cross Buildd: Fixes and Improvements for 12.02

Registered by Ricardo Salveti

Buildd already running and publishing results at http://people.linaro.org/~wookey/buildd/, with enablement covered by https://blueprints.launchpad.net/linaro-ubuntu/+spec/cross-buildd-part2.

This is to cover the remaining fixes and improvements to have a fully functional buildd that's easily reproducible outside Wookey's machine :-)

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Ricardo Salveti
Priority:
High
Drafter:
Ricardo Salveti
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Wookey
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for trunk
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon 12.02
Started by
Ricardo Salveti
Completed by
Ricardo Salveti

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[rsalveti, Jan 30, 2012] Headline/acceptance depends on the fixes and improvements planned for the cycle.
[rsalveti, Jan 30, 2012] Fixing apt-get build-dep -a is probably something Riku can help with.
[rsalveti, Feb 3, 2012] Might be good to have a project for the cross buildd, with scripts helping setting up the environment, or just to track bugs when people decide to to reproduce the environment.
[rsalveti, Feb 22, 2012] Upstream related WIs should probably go to a different Blueprint (personal one), and please update all the remaining WI later today/tomorrow, so we can mark it as done for the release.

Meta:
Headline: Reproducible cross build daemon, with instructions and scripts to easily enable cross build support with multi-arch for debian/ubuntu are now available.
Acceptance: Working cross-buildd with reprepro/rebuildd, documentation in place at the wiki page, instructions on how to set up the same cross buildd at different hosts (for other people to use and consume).

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Work Items

Work items:
Automated buildd with input from debian/ubuntu archive (reprepro + rebuildd): DONE
Teach rebuildd to do cross-builds: DONE
Investigate/Improve apt-get build-dep -a behaviour: DONE
Run apt-get -a build-dep-only (no builds) run and publish: DONE
Make nice web-interface for autobuilder status/build-logs: DONE

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