liftoff -- build packages for elementary OS

DESCRIPTION

pbuilder-based script and configuration file for building Debian and Ubuntu packages that supports multiple architectures and custom mirrors, including elementary's.

QUICK START

This process uses a significant amount of bandwidth and disk space. Seriously consider using a caching proxy such as apt-cacher-ng. Set the URL of the http_proxy in /usr/lib/liftoff/pbuilderrc.

Execute this in a directory containing both source code and Debian packaging:

sudo liftoff -a amd64 -d xenial -o /tmp/output-dir

OPTIONS

• -a [architecture]

  Specifies the architecture to use. The supported values are amd64 or armhf or i386.

• -d [distribution]

  Specifies the base Debian or Ubuntu distribution to use. The supported values may include testing or xenial. Available distributions are defined in /usr/lib/liftoff/pbuilderrc as provided by debootstrap.

• -o [output location]

  Specifies the location the build result output after building. The resulting .deb, log and other files are copied there.

FILES

• /usr/lib/liftoff/hooks/*

  pbuilder hooks used a various stages of the build process such as lintian.

• /usr/lib/liftoff/pbuilderrc

  Extensive pbuilderrc passed to underlying pbuilder instance.

AUTHOR

Cody Garver cody@elementary.io