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515 if chroot $BUILD_ROOT su -c "$bundle_call" - root < /dev/null; then
516 # Hook for creating SBOM data
518 for format in $(queryconfig --dist "$BUILD_DIST" --configdir "$CONFIG_DIR" --archpath "$BUILD_ARCH" buildflags+ sbom | sort -u) ; do
519 echo "Generating $format sbom file for KIWIROOT-$imgtype"
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309 rm -rf "$BUILD_ROOT/$TOPDIR/SOURCES/repos/UPLOAD"
310
311 # create sbom if requested
312 for format in $(queryconfig --dist "$BUILD_DIST" --configdir "$CONFIG_DIR" --archpath "$BUILD_ARCH" buildflags+ sbom | sort -u) ; do
313 echo "Generating $format sbom file"
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90 writemodulemd \
91 download_assets \
92 export_debian_orig_from_git \
93 unpack_slsa_provenance \
94 generate_sbom \
Makefile
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156 when enabling this functionality.
157
158 * sbom:FORMAT
159
160 Enables generation of SBOM (Software Bill Of Material) data. Supported
AsciiDoc
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33 use Digest::MD5;
34
35 use Build::Rpm;
36 use Build::SimpleJSON;
37
38 my $tool_name = 'obs_build_generate_sbom';
39 my $tool_version = '1.0';
573 die("unknown format $format\n") unless $format eq 'spdx' || $format eq 'cyclonedx';
574
575 die("usage: generate_sbom [--disto NAME] [--format spdx|cyclonedx] [--intoto] [--product DIRECTORY]|[--rpmmd DIRECTORY]|CONTAINER_TAR\n") unless @ARGV == 1;
Perl
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12 - Don't setup ccache with --no-init
13 - improved loongarch64 support
14 - sbom: SPDX supplier tag added
15 - kiwi: support different versions per profile
44 - Workaround directory->symlink usrmerge problems for cross arch sysroot
45 - multiple fixes for SBOM support
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70 #!BuildConstraint: hardware:cpu:flag x86-64-v3 \
71 %{nil}
72 :Macros
73 %endif
74
75 #BuildFlags: slsaprovenance
76
77 BuildFlags: sbom:spdx
78 BuildFlags: sbom:cyclonedx
79
80 # switch to kiwi v8
81 Prefer: python3-kiwi
82 Conflict: python3-kiwi:libsystemd0-mini
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187 # Likely nobody really consumes the information - but as we can provide it: why not?
188 BuildFlags: sbom:spdx
189 BuildFlags: sbom:cyclonedx
190
191 # switch to kiwi v8
192 Prefer: python3-kiwi
193 Conflict: python3-kiwi:libsystemd0-mini
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