Admonitions (FAQ, NOTE, TODO, BUG)

Automated index of all admonitions (in this manual as well as in python code documentation). For simplicity, we only use four admonitions: error, attention, note, tip.

Error

(BUG) Ongoing issues: No fix yet

Attention

(TODO) Ongoing issues: Minor or has workaround

• administrator: Manual Setup Section: Has not been revised since 1.0.x

• python/mini_buildd.api: Call debmirror (external workarounds): apt update fails on experimental suites (contents not mirrored) (Debian Bug #819925)

• python/mini_buildd.api: Call handshake: In production, we occasionally see W: Remote handshake failed for ...: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'signatures'. Reproduce?

• python/mini_buildd.models: AptKeys: Duplicates possible (will break API call setup)

• python/mini_buildd.models: Chroot: LVM chroots fail running lvcreate with ‘not found: device not cleared’ (Debian Bug #705238)

• python/mini_buildd.models: Daemon: When changing ftp network settings, then PCA: Still not active, needs explicit restart?

• python/mini_buildd.models: Distribution (workaround in __str__): Not unique for base source (historic fluke)

• python/mini_buildd.models: Distribution: When adding Architecture: No indication that we need to re-index (run check on repository)

• python/mini_buildd.reprepro: reprepro (dist.py setup workaround): Can’t handle Ubuntu’s ddeb (Debian Bug #730572)

• python/mini_buildd.reprepro: reprepro: Don’t switch to reprepro 5.4 yet (Debian Bug #1017983)

• python/mini_buildd.reprepro: reprepro: Fails with debian/ being a symlink in Debian native packages (Debian Bug #768046)

• python/mini_buildd.sbuild: sbuild (retry-workaround in gnupg.py): Spurious build failures can't connect to the agent: IPC connect call failed (Debian Bug #849551)

• python/mini_buildd.sbuild: sbuild (workaround in apt-update snippet): apt-get update “File has unexpected size … Mirror sync in progress?” failures

• python/mini_buildd.sbuild: sbuild: Fails to build “all” packages with “build archall” flag set to arch “x” in case DSP has >= 1 arch “all” and >=1 arch “y” binary package (Debian Bug #706086)

• python/mini_buildd.sbuild: sbuild+apt-cacher-ng (workaround in apt-update snippet): apt-get update stalls on parallel access

• python/mini_buildd.schroot: schroot: ‘target is busy’ on session close (stale schroot sessions)

• python/mini_buildd.schroot: wheezy or older builds on amd64: Re-enable linux’ vsyscall

• roadmap: buster-based install: 500 Internal Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'S.gpg-agent.extra'

Note

(NOTE) Something not obvious you should be aware of

• python/mini_buildd.api: Call keyring-packages: No compat for urold <= squeeze (apt-key add)

• python/mini_buildd.api: Call keyring-packages: squeeze or older only: apt secure problems after initial (unauthorized) install of the archive-key package (Debian Bug #657561)

• python/mini_buildd.api: Call stop: Ongoing PACKAGING or BUILDING are lost on restart

• python/mini_buildd.builtins: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5147: This, in theory, could be some way to create a TOC for text/plain (buildlogs and such). However

• python/mini_buildd.models: Chroot (mbd_workaround_debmirror_script): Be able to strap ‘newer Ubuntus’ with Debian’s debootstrap

• python/mini_buildd.models: Chroot (setup workaround in dist.py): debootstrap fails for <=lenny chroots on >=jessie host kernel (uname) (Debian Bug #642031)

• python/mini_buildd.models: Daemon: Instance does not touch the GPG setup once it’s created – unless you do an explicit remove on the instance.

• python/mini_buildd.models: Uploader: Don’t add or delete instances manually!

• python/mini_buildd.reprepro: reprepro: Multiple versions of packages in one distribution

• python/mini_buildd.sbuild: This will iterate all lines of the build log,

• python/mini_buildd.schroot: schroot: Verbosely logs commands (“Running command …”) explicitly via syslog (journalctl)

Tip

(FAQ) Free tip

• abstract: Some links do not work in this manual?

• administrator: Can I manually instantiate a build chroot to repeat/debug a failed build?

• administrator: How much disk space do I need to run mini-buildd?

• administrator: How to enable encrypted uploads (FTPS)?

• administrator: How to manually fix a failing check in a Source due to wrong/missing APT key(s)?

• administrator: How to run mini-buildd in a systemd container (nspawn)?

• administrator: In the web configurator, you may use the PCA shortcut (prepare, check and activate).

• administrator: My chroot creation fails due to missing arch in archive (partial mirror)?

• administrator: What’s eatmydata and ccache?

• administrator: sudo fails with “sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified”?

• consumer: How can I upgrade after Debian main release version fix?

• consumer: How do I verify mini-buildd’s APT key?

• consumer: How to save credentials when working from the shell?

• consumer: What’s the hotfix suite good for?

• consumer: firefox: How can I reset (table) searches (like in webkit browsers)?

• developer: Can I access built packages that have not been installed into the repository?

• developer: Do mini-buildd commands support bash autocompletion?

• developer: Is package building parallel? (a.k.a. Where is the ‘sbuild_jobs’ settings?)

• developer: Is there support for emacs?

• python/mini_buildd.dist: What does LTS (mini-buildd speak) include for Debian?

• python/mini_buildd.dist: What does LTS (mini-buildd speak) include for Ubuntu?

• python/mini_buildd.models: Chroot: Install Debian package ‘qemu-user-static’ for seamless access to foreign archs (albeit with a speed penalty)

• roadmap: Can I skip migrating from 0.8.x?