I'm testing a new locale-all package for my system, which comes with the drawback that the source is the gigantic glibc package. I'm estimating at least 1 hour for it to build, when the package I need is not even architecture dependent. Is there a way to build only that package or at very least only the arch-indep packages?
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Use dpkg-buildpackage -A (thanks, @WouterVerhelst)
-A Specifies a binary-only build, limited to architecture independent packages. Passed to dpkg-genchanges.
Also try dpkg-buildpackage -T binary-indep
-T target - Calls
debian/rules targetafter having setup the build environment and stops the package build process here.
Debian Policy Manual says:
binary (required), binary-arch (required), binary-indep (required)
The binary target must be all that is necessary for the user to build the binary package(s) produced from this source package. It is split into two parts: binary-arch builds the binary packages which are specific to a particular architecture, and binary-indep builds those which are not.
Some source packages (for example apt) have rules for building a specific package. So, you can run dpkg-buildpackage -T apt-doc --as-root to build only apt-doc package.
answered Aug 6, 2015 at 2:11
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1There is also
dpkg-buildpackage -A, which is meant specifically for binary-indep packages. It works even if there is nobinary-indeptarget (which is required today, but this wasn't always the case). Oct 16, 2015 at 11:51 -
@WouterVerhelst, thanks for the info.
dpkg-buildpackage -Arunsdpkg-source --before-build,clean,build-indep,binary-indep,dpkg-genchanges -A,dpkg-source --after-build. This is the right answer:) Oct 16, 2015 at 18:17 -