Re: [Xenomai] Debian package build problems

[John Morris <john@zultron.com>]

On 01/28/2013 02:09 AM, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> On 01/28/2013 08:48 AM, John Morris wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On 01/28/2013 01:39 AM, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
>>> On 01/28/2013 08:34 AM, John Morris wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 01/13/2013 01:46 PM, John Morris wrote:
>>>>> On 01/13/2013 06:19 AM, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
>>>>>> On 01/13/2013 08:37 AM, John Morris wrote:
>>>>>>> On 01/08/2013 02:25 PM, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
>>>>>>>> So, we tried and improved the I-pipe patches so that a single or a pair
>>>>>>>> of kernels (SMP and UP) can be generated for each architecture.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Great!  This is the right way to go in order to increase adoption.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I started setting up a repository on the xenomai server, but obviously,
>>>>>>>> can not do it for all distributions, so, any help is welcome. What I can
>>>>>>>> propose is to set-up an inoticoming repository, give you access to an
>>>>>>>> incoming repository through scp (you whould have to send me your ssh
>>>>>>>> public key for that). Then, before a release, we would work to provide
>>>>>>>> the corresponding debian and ubuntu packages. As for the fedora
>>>>>>>> packages, I do not know the equivalent of reprepro and inoticoming.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been thinking about what I can offer over the last few days.  I'm
>>>>>>> really too inexperienced with Deb-like distros and I'm poor at
>>>>>>> maintenance.  My solution would be to automate this chore with some type
>>>>>>> of build infrastructure, but that would probably take me much longer
>>>>>>> than someone else more at home with Debian.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been thinking about that too. Actually, running my tests on x86
>>>>>> from the Debian package instead of custom build kernels does not change
>>>>>> much (except the compilation time for the kernel, so, it has to be done
>>>>>> once I have a working kernel). Though I am going to test only Debian
>>>>>> stable, not Ubuntu.
>>>>>
>>>>> Understood.  Actually, testing could be automated by installing the OS
>>>>> with the kernel to be tested and run xeno-regression-test.  That's some
>>>>> infrastructure that I don't have ATM, but wouldn't be a huge leap.
>>>>>
>>>>>>> On the other hand, it would be quite easy for me to do this for el6 and,
>>>>>>> once I have packages, Fedora, since we do have the automated build
>>>>>>> infrastructure (and the expertise) in the shop that it wouldn't be
>>>>>>> difficult.  In this case, it would be easiest to keep a git repo of the
>>>>>>> RPM files online (just like the one I recently pointed to in other
>>>>>>> threads) to keep the development open, compile the packages on our
>>>>>>> infrastructure, and rsync the resulting repo either to the xenomai.org
>>>>>>> site, my site, or anywhere else suitable.  The only piece missing would
>>>>>>> be a public view of the build system (called 'koji', the same as the
>>>>>>> Fedora project uses), which could come in time if we choose.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At any rate, I will certainly have my own el6 repo up soon, and I'll
>>>>>>> announce it here for folks to try out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, as you wish, it is not really a problem for us to provide you with a
>>>>>> git access, and an access to set-up a repository. At any rate, whatever
>>>>>> we do, we should also have a page in the wiki explaining how to get the
>>>>>> Fedora packages.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, thanks.  Taking the lazy approach, let's wait until my repos are up,
>>>>> and then see what looks like the best option.
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gilles,
>>>>
>>>> I put up an experimental PPA with 2.6.2.1 release packages for Ubuntu
>>>> 12.04 Precise:
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?XenomaiKernelPackages
>>>>
>>>> The packages are not good for anything except initial testing, and I've
>>>> asked the folks on the emc-devel list to give them a try.  The first
>>>> success has been reported, but there may not be many testers until
>>>> packages are available for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid, where current LinuxCNC
>>>> users are stuck.
>>>>
>>>> I have working EL6 packages too, but haven't put up a repository yet;
>>>> hopefully in the next couple of days.
>>>>
>>>> My project depends on LinuxCNC and therefore Xenomai, and I plan to
>>>> maintain the RedHat packages myself.  I haven't decided exactly what to
>>>> do about the Debian packages yet, but I need to ensure quality,
>>>> up-to-date .deb packages are maintained for x86 architecture for at
>>>> least a couple of years.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have compiled and tested the xenomai packages for Debian stable (for
>>> amd64 and i686), and am going to put them in the repository. The plan is
>>> to push them with every release.
>>
>> The xenomai packages in my repo are built with little change from the
>> 2.6.2.1 release, of course.
>>
>> My kernel packages are not related to yours, so I assume you mean you
>> recompiled your own packages.
> 
> 
> From what I understand, you made packages for Ubuntu, my target is
> Debian stable.

Yes, I made packages for Ubuntu Precise.  My other targets are Lucid and
Debian stable, which I hope to build from the same source package.

>> Do you have a place you keep the kernel package sources?  I didn't see
>> those last time around.  (Looks like your repo is undergoing maintenance
>> right now, so I'm unable to check again.)
> 
> 
> Well, the kernel sources are a vanilla kernel with the xenomai patch
> applied, so, nothing that can not be reproduced. But I guess I could put
> the kernel sources packages in the repository. Maintenance should be
> finished, now.

If your package sources are not important, then maybe you're using
make-kpkg?  Where did the base kernel .config come from?

	John