Re: [ros-release] Quick local debs

Thanks Mike, that seems pretty useful.


On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Mike Purvis
<mpurvis@clearpathrobotics.com>wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I thought this could be of interest/use to others:
>
> https://gist.github.com/mikepurvis/7036293
>
> In short, it creates a mock GBP repo locally, populates it with a
> pre-cooked all-defaults track, then runs bloom on it for the current
> package. Useful as a local prerelease build, but also as an additional
> distribution option for users who want something more formal than a
> tarball, but prefer not to use the community infrastructure for one reason
> or another.
>
> Prerequisites:
>
> - sudo apt-get install python-bloom git-buildpackage
> - the repo in question must have been properly prepared
> (catkin_generate_changelog, catkin_prepare_release)
>
> Setup:
>
> cd ~/bin
> wget https://gist.github.com/mikepurvis/7036293/raw/bloom-local-deb
> chmod +x bloom-local-deb
>
> Usage:
>
> Invoke bloom-local-deb in your repo.
>
> I believe William has plans for a proper local prerelease script with
> chroots and everything, but until that's available, this method is a quick
> and easy-to-remember alternative.
>
> Mike
>
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