Build Your Own Package (from independent source) guidelines

[Llama]

Tried to build knazar from Wiki: http://en.pardus-wiki.org/Pisi_Package 

Got the following errors:

lesha@lesha-pardus knazar $ sudo pisi build pspec.xml
Outputting packages in the working directory.
Building PiSi source package: knazar
Safety switch: system.devel is already installed
PartOf tag not defined, looking for component
System Error. Program Terminated.
Cannot find component.xml in upper directory

Indeed, optional (?) PartOf tag was missing. Not knowing what it's for, I supplied it with a dummy value 'PartOf'. Got this:

$ sudo pisi build pspec.xml
Outputting packages in the working directory.
Building PiSi source package: knazar
Safety switch: system.devel is already installed
Fetching source from: http://zzz.fisek.com.tr/files/sources/knazar-0.2_p21206.tar.bz2
knazar-0.2_p21206.tar.bz2 [cached]
Source archive is stored: /var/cache/pisi/archives/knazar-0.2_p21206.tar.bz2
Unpacking archive...
 unpacked (/var/pisi/knazar-0.2_p21206-7/work)
Setting up source...
Building source...
Sandbox enabled build...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "error", line 15, in build
  File "/usr/lib/pardus/pisi/actionsapi/scons.py", line 38, in make
    if system('scons %s' % parameters):
  File "/usr/lib/pardus/pisi/actionsapi/shelltools.py", line 249, in system
    error(_("Command \"%s\" failed, return value was %d.") % (command, retValue))
  File "/usr/lib/pardus/pisi/actionsapi/__init__.py", line 27, in error
    raise Error(msg)
pisi.actionsapi.Error: Command "scons" failed, return value was 1.

Any suggestions?

[Michiel]

Unfortunately none of these wiki pages appears to be really complete, they all have an Under Construction message on top of the text, when you e.g. go to the french version of your wiki page, there is also a section on component.xml which appears missing in the english wiki and missing in your won efforts, see:

http://fr.pardus-wiki.org/Creer_un_paquet_pisi#component.xml

[Michiel]

The turkish version (of course) appears to be the most complete one on this.

http://tr.pardus-wiki.org/Pardus:PiSi_paketi_yap%C4%B1m%C4%B1

When you use Google Translate on this you can roughly convert it into your own language...

[Llama]

I tried Turkish->Russian. Lots of fun, but hardly any gain  ...

[Llama]

component.xml took care of the PartOf tag problem, but the scons error remains. It looks like one must use some kind of debugger for stepping through pisi build. Any suggestions?

[yasar]

IsA tag ==> it is for adding your package in right category in package manager interface. Click here. Search for I<define name="IsA"> for all available categories.

PartOf tag ==> it is for adding your package to some component group. For example when you enter this code:

sudo pisi it -c desktop.kde4

it will install all kde4 components. To see all available components, open konsole and enter this:

pisi list-components

Have a nice day

[Llama]

IsA tag ==> it is for adding your package in right category in package manager interface. Click here. Search for I<define name="IsA"> for all available categories.

RELAX NG? Please, no  ! I've just congratulated myself on successful management of pisi-spec.dtd... So I'm back at square one  :'( .

By the way, have those tags (IsA and PartOf) anything to do with scons.make() failure? They still look optional.

[yasar]

They still look optional.

You have to put at least one of them I guess.

[Llama]

You have to put at least one of them I guess.

IsA app:gui; it's always been there. There's more general question: there are action errors; they are quite natural, especially if I try to build a real life package. How am I supposed to tackle them?

[yasar]

Put your error messages here so that we can examine it.

[Llama]

They are already here; second quote at the top of this page holds.