tbp-initarchive - Initialize an archive and tree for tla-buildpackage

tbp-initarchive archive_name archive_location working_location

tbp-initarchive is designed to set up both the tla archive and the working area for a tla-buildpackage setup. It automatically handles all the tasks relating to running tla and tla-buildpackage

tbp-initarchive will create the tla archive archive_name in archive_location, and check it out into working_location, having initialized that working area for tla-buildpackage. If ~/.tla-buildpackage does not exist, it will be created and the working location will be written into it.

archive_name

Gives the tla name of the archive to create. tla must not know anything about it prior to running this command. An example would be foo@example.com--debian.

archive_location

Gives the directory where tla will create its history files. It must not exist prior to running this command.

working_location

Gives the directory where you will work with tla-buildpackage on a daily basis.

The following specific files are used by this application:

~/.tla-buildpackage

Specifies the default working copy location for all build procedures. This file, and the directory it specifies, are both normally created by tbp-initarchive.

The following environment variables are used by this application:

TBP_WC

Specifies the working copy area for tla-buildpackage to use for all build-related tasks, overriding the value in ~/.tla-buildpackage, if any.

tla-buildpackage, all associated scripts and programs, this manual, and all build scripts are Copyright (C) 2003 John Goerzen.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

tla-buildpackage, its modules, documentation, executables, and all included files, except where noted, was written by John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> and copyright is held as stated in the COPYRIGHT section.

tla-buildpackage may be downloaded from the Debian packaging system or at <URL:http://packages.debian.org/tla-buildpackage>.

tla-buildpackage may also be downloaded using tla like this:

$ tla register-archive jgoerzen@complete.org--projects \
  http://arch.complete.org/projects
$ tla get \
  jgoerzen@complete.org--projects/configs--head--1.0 \
  jgoerzen
$ cd jgoerzen
$ tla buildcfg tla-buildpackage/latest
      

Detailed usage information, including a background and a description of how the tools fit together, can be found in the tla-buildpackage Manual. On Debian systems, you may find this at /usr/share/doc/tla-buildpackage.

tla-buildpackage applications have references in that manual and the following manpages: tbp-initarchive(1), tbp-importdsc(1), tbp-importorig(1), tbp-markdeb(1), tla-buildpackage(1).

Other related references include: tla(1).