Mock and Koji Lab
MOCK LAB
PREPARATION
Installed mock using yum install.
Added my username to the group.
All commands with sudo
Using time, i recorded the time it finished the mock.
Everything went smooth,no errors( no known errors ), I was curious as to put anything on the Buildrequires and Requires tags are for. I left it commented for now and see if any errors rise. Tried testing rpmbuild again to see the difference and used rpmlint to check the package which mock built. compared to rpmbuild, mock, I think, is slower maybe because it uses internet connection and that it can affect the speed.
*Note, i have fixed an issue where I put directories on the %files of the spec file. I changed the directories to macros in order for it to be dynamic.
KOJI LAB
PREPARATION
The fedora-packager-setup was already installed
used this command to interface with the koji server
$/usr/bin/fedora-packager-setup
*It asked for my FAS user and password.
Next step is I imported the certificates to use the interface using firefox.
QUEUEING the build request
First, we do the command:
$ koji build f18 --scratch units-2.02-1.fc17.src.rpm
*I was hoping there are no errors and it did not have any. Made me happy! The command will build the package using the koji server for x86_34, i386, and i686 architectures
The link of the task is here:
the architectures are built for
buildArch (units-2.02-1.fc17.src.rpm, x86_64)
buildArch (units-2.02-1.fc17.src.rpm, i686)
Now trying to build rpms for these architectures:
1.) s390
$ s390-koji build f18 --scratch units-2.02-1.fc17.src.rpm
The build had no errors, this is the link to the build.
2.) power pc (PPC)
$ ppc-koji build f18 --scratch units-2.02-1.fc17.src.rpm
Here's the link.
3.) armv6hl / Pidora
$ arm-koji build f18 --scratch units-2.02-1.fc17.src.rpm
Arm build has failed with these errors. mostly jibberish for me.
Will try to ask for help on the chat and classroom in order to make a build for arm. This is very important as the project I will be doing is for the arm architecture.
REFLECTIONS
I can say that this lab is very rewarding. I am the kind of person who intends to lean on the negative and for this lab I was sure to get a lot of errors. But to my surprise, I got none. The koji lab is very interesting. It really gave me the experience of being inlcuded in the fedora community and to see my name on the Recent Tasks page is an accomplishment.
This lab will be very useful for the upcoming project I will do for the Pidora because it will include packaging skills and mock and koji.
