buildd/functions.sh: use mutt instead of nail again.

[grml-live.git] / docs / grml-live.txt

diff --git a/docs/grml-live.txt b/docs/grml-live.txt
index 8f7946f..f1add06 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/grml-live.txt
+++ b/docs/grml-live.txt
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Increase verbosity in the build process.
 
   -z::
 
-Use ZLIB instead of LZMA compression in mksquashfs part of the build process.
+Use ZLIB instead of LZMA/XZ compression in mksquashfs part of the build process.
 
 [[usage-examples]]
 Usage examples
@@ -475,9 +475,9 @@ For further information see next section.
 Current state of grml-live with squashfs-tools and kernel
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 
-Use squashfs-tools >=4.1-1 (available from Grml repositories as well as from
-Debian/experimental) to build Grml (based) ISOs featuring kernel version
-2.6.36-grml[64].
+Use squashfs-tools >=4.2-1 (available from Grml repositories as well as from
+Debian/unstable) to build Grml (based) ISOs featuring kernel version
+2.6.38-grml[64].
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 Difference between squashfs-lzma-tools, squashfs-lzma-tools4 and squashfs-tools
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ to get the ratio between the different options):
 * 1 minute and 40 seconds with ZLIB
 
 [[install-local-files]]
-How to I install further files into the chroot/ISO?
+How do I install further files into the chroot/ISO?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Just point the configuration variable CHROOT_INSTALL to the directory which
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ syslinux) then just execute:
   % isohybrid grml.iso
 
 [[basetgz]]
-How to I create a base tar.gz (I386.tar.gz or AMD64.tar.gz)
+How do I create a base tar.gz (I386.tar.gz or AMD64.tar.gz)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Execute the following commands (requires root):
@@ -1063,6 +1063,49 @@ And finally place the generated tarball in /etc/grml/fai/config/basefiles/ (note
 that it needs to be uppercase letters matching the class names, so: AMD64.tar.gz
 for amd64 and I386.tar.gz for i386).
 
+[[autobuild]]
+How do I set up an autobuild environment?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If you want to set up a system like link:http://daily.grml.org/[daily.grml.org]
+the Debian package grml-live-buildd provides all you need to start. Start with
+figuring out the cron job script /usr/share/grml-live/buildd/cronjob.sh.
+
+If you want to automatically update the grml-live Debian package on your build
+system based on the git tree of grml-live (so you get bleeding edge of
+development which might is interesting for services like daily.grml.org) the
+provided release_helper.sh script provides everything you need. Execute as root:
+
+  echo "deb file:/home/grml-live-git/grml-live.build-area/ ./" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml-live.list
+  adduser --disabled-login --disabled-password grml-live-git
+
+Execute 'visudo' to update sudo configuration and add the following line:
+
+  grml-live-git ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt-get
+
+Switch to user grml-live-git and configure the rest:
+
+  su - grml-live-git
+  mkdir grml-live.build-area
+  git clone git://git.grml.org/grml-live.git
+  git config --global user.name "Grml-Live Git Autobuild"
+  git config --global user.email "grml-live-git@$(hostname)"
+
+Finally install a cron job (as user grml-live-git) like:
+
+  30 00 * * * cd /home/grml-live-git/grml-live.git/ && env AUTOBUILD=1 scripts/release_helper.sh >/home/grml-live-git/grml-live-build.log
+
+Tip: To find out the build date of the installed grml-live package just execute:
+
+  % apt-cache policy grml-live | grep 'Installed.*autobuild'
+   Installed: 0.13.1~autobuild1300450381
+
+and run "date -ud @$STRING" where $STRING is the number behind the "autobuild",
+like:
+
+  % date -ud @1300450081
+  Fri Mar 18 12:08:01 UTC 2011
+
 [[question]]
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