Creating sbuild chroots for Debian package testing
This is how to setup sbuild chroots for Debian packaging.
The Debian wiki explains this already pretty good.
But here is how I use and setup my chroots.
Setup the chroots
Normal chroot
sudo sbuild-createchroot --include=eatmydata,ccache bullseye /srv/chroot/bullseye-amd64-sbuild http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian
Experimental chroot
Create the chroot:
sudo sbuild-createchroot --chroot-prefix=experimental --extra-repository='deb http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental main' --include=eatmydata,ccache bullseye /srv/chroot/experimental-amd64-sbuild http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian
Make sure the packages in backports are preferred above the original ones:
sudo sbuild-shell source:experimental-amd64-sbuild
echo "Package: *\nPin: release a=experimental\nPin-Priority:900" > /etc/apt/preferences.d/experimental.pref
exit
Backports chroot
Create the chroot:
sudo sbuild-createchroot --chroot-prefix=bullseye-backports --extra-repository='deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main' --include=eatmydata,ccache bullseye /srv/chroot/bullseye-backports-amd64-sbuild http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian
Make sure the packages in backports are preferred above the original ones:
sudo sbuild-shell source:bullseye-backports-amd64-sbuild
echo "Package: *\nPin: release a=bullseye-backports\nPin-Priority:900" > /etc/apt/preferences.d/bullseye-backports.pref
exit
More about this on this blog post
Use the chroots
cd /home/user/packages/my-package
# Normal dist
sbuild -d bullseye
# Backports dist
sbuild -d bullseye-backports
List chroots
schroot -l
Remove a chroot
rm -r /srv/chroot/experimental-amd64-sbuild
# Find config the file and remove it
rm /etc/schroot/chroot.d/experimental-amd64-sbuild-F28TrU