ArchBuilder: building packages in chroot

Question

ArchBuilder builds packages in chroots, like pbuilder does in debian.
Usage: archbuilder command [options]
Commands:
init: Initializes archbuilder
update: Updates archbuilder's caches
build: Builds a package.
shell: Starts a shell in a chroot
Options:
--verbose: Show pacman output
--shellonerror: Start a shell if the build fails
--copypkgbuild: Copy the PKGBUILD when starting a shell
Config:
ArchBuilder reads it's configuration from ~/.archbuilderrc
Valid options are:
CHROOT=/var/cache/archbuilder/chroot.$$ : Directorty to create the chroot in, $$ is the current PID.
CACHE=/var/cache/archbuilder/cache : Directory to cache the sync db and packages.
RESULT=$(pwd) : Directory to copy the resulting package to.
CHOWN=root : User to chown the resulting package to.
COLOR=1 : Use color, set to 0 to disable.
PACMAN_BIN=pacman : Binary to use instead of pacman, eg: powerpill.
PACMAN_PKG= : Set this to the package that contains PACMAN_BIN.
Webpage:
http://miffe.org/wiki/ArchBuilder/
Download:
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23575
Last edited by miffe (2009-02-12 15:45:53)

Answer 1

If I'm not mistaken, running makepkg as a root user, be it with the --asroot flag or as the root user is supposed to fail because of the changes to makepkg. It's been removed because the issues with fakeroot (which caused the --asroot flag to appear) have been fixed.
If you create a normal user and then build in the chroot, it should work normally.
EDIT: There's also something to do with sudo-ing to nobody somewhere in this thread.
Last edited by clfarron4 (2015-01-06 20:46:13)