Hello!

That sounds awesome, but how would we build different architecture 

packages using apkg? Let's say if the host is x86_64 and we want to 

generate arm64 package with it?

On 14/04/2021 16.02, Jakub Ružička wrote:

> Hello BIRD Community!

>

> Latest bird-2.0.8 is available from most current downstream distro repos

> including:

>

> * Arch

> * EPEL/CentOS

> * Fedora

> * Gentoo

> * Manjaro

> * NixOS

> * OpenBSD

>

> You can use repology to get an overview:

>

> https://repology.org/project/bird/versions

>

>

> # Debian

>

> Debian is currently in Hard Freeze before 11/Bullseye release and thus

> updating bird2 package to 2.0.8 is problematic (it lacks autopkgtests):

>

> https://release.debian.org/bullseye/freeze_policy.html#hard

>

> Current Maintainer of Debian bird2 package Ondřej Surý has agreed to

> pass the maintenance to me but I don't have access yet. Once I gain it

> I'll release bird2-2.0.8 in experimental and eventually keep

> debian/master up-to-date after  the freeze ends.

>

> The Community is also working on providing Debian backports for Debian

> stable.

>

> Until proper downstream packages are ready, I've prepared upstream

> packages for Debian 9, 10 and 11 in new bird-latest OBS repos:

>

> https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/CZ-NIC:/bird-latest/

>

> However, OBS "Download Package" link is currently missing instructions

> for Debian for some reason:

>

> https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3ACZ-NIC%3Abird-latest&package=bird

>

> It's either a bug in OBS or a slow propagation of new repo. I'm trying

> to resolve this on #opensuse-buildservice but for now you're left to

> your Debian-fu in enabling these repos.

>

>

> # Ubuntu

>

> I've updated BIRD launchpad PPA with upstream bird2-2.0.8 packages for

> all current Ubuntu releases:

>

> https://launchpad.net/~cz.nic-labs/+archive/ubuntu/bird

>

> I've tested all of these packages lightly on respective Ubuntu VMs. They

> installed successfully and bird service started.

>

> Ubuntu uses Debian bird packages so once they're updated in Debian,

> Ubuntu downstream should pick them up.

>

>

> # openSUSE

>

> bird-2.0.8 is available from openSUSE Tumbleweed.

>

> I've prepared new bird-latest OBS to cover remaining SUSE platforms:

>

> https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:CZ-NIC:bird-latest/bird

>

> Please use "Download Package" link (top right) to enable:

>

> https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3ACZ-NIC%3Abird-latest&package=bird

>

>

> # upstream packaging

>

> All the upstream packages were created from official 2.0.8 archive using

> modified downstream sources from Debian and Fedora.

>

> Please note that I had to disable -docs subpackages to get working

> builds on older systems as well as other tweaks like relaxing deps.

>

> I've prepared an upstream MR adding packaging in apkg format directly to

> upstream repo:

>

> https://gitlab.nic.cz/labs/bird/-/merge_requests/25

>

> In short it allows building upstream packages directly from upstream

> sources or from upstream archives(tarballs) or combination of both, see

> more info in the MR.

>

> More work is required for building from sources, but I was able to use

> apkg to create packages for different .deb/.rpm distros from official

> upstream archives.

>

>

> Best Regards,

> Jakub Ružička

> CZ.NIC packager 📦

>

>

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