[Freeipa-devel] [Pki-devel] faster ways to build/test dogtag?

[Fraser Tweedale]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 10:08:26AM -0500, Endi Sukma Dewata wrote:
> Hi Fraser,
> 
> If you haven't got an answer yet, this is how I set up my lab environment:
> 
> 1. As a non-root user (e.g. edewata) I checked out the source code into my
> home directory (e.g. ~/Projects/pki). In the lab the home directory is
> remotely mounted so it's slow, but it's useful to share files among multiple
> machines.
> 
> 2. As root user I build Dogtag on root's home directory with this command:
> 
>   compose_pki_core_packages --work-dir /root/<build dir> hybrid_rpms
> 
> It's faster because root's home directory is local.
> 
> I also have some scripts that I use to simplify the build/installation
> tasks. Feel free to use them but they may require certain directory layout.
> 
>   http://fedorapeople.org/cgit/edewata/public_git/pki-dev.git/
> 
> Ideally there should be a faster way to compile & refresh Dogtag
> installation without building & reinstalling the RPM packages, but we just
> haven't got a chance to do it yet. It may require converting some of the
> installation code in the RPM spec file into CMake.
> 

Thanks for your suggestions.  I'll spend a few minutes later this
week getting all this information up on the wiki(s).  Having these
workflow tips/tools in one place (or a handful of places i.e. a page
each in the IPA and Dogtag wikis) will be valuable for new hires and
provide a starting place for discussions on workflow improvements.

Cheers,

Fraser

> -- 
> Endi S. Dewata
> 
> On 5/27/2014 2:00 AM, Fraser Tweedale wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I've been working on a fix for a profile issue
> >(https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2915).  Unfortunately I
> >find the scripts/compose_pki_core_packages -> yum install -> test
> >cycle frustratingly slow on idm.lab.bos.  Is there a quicker way
> >to build and test the software - particularly as part of the larger
> >IPA/certmonger/dogtag ecosystem?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Fraser
> >
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