how to setup the koji build system?

[John Florian]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: buildsys-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:buildsys-
> bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Sérgio Basto
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 10:41
> To: buildsys at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: how to setup the koji build system?
> 
> On Qui, 2015-04-23 at 09:39 +0800, gssxd at qq.com wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I want to build my own linux based on the koji build system . However
> > the koji wiki page seems to be a little bit out-of date. I followed
> > the instructions to go through all of the steps, but it alway show me
> > some failures.
> > I am using the koji-1.9.0, and I saw the wiki page was refering to the
> > version 1.3.1.
> > Is there anybody has any suggestion about the setup information? or
> > anyone can provide me the latest document about how to build the koji
> > system?
> 
> I follow this page:
> http://www.devops-blog.net/koji/koji-rpm-build-system-installation-part-1
> 
> also a little bit out-of date, but on comments we have good tips, to
> solve the not updated things .
> 

I too have just gone through a Koji setup -- my 2nd time actually, I didn't adopt it after all the work the 1st time.  Those pages are helpful, but I found I really needed a combination of the following to get going:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Koji/ServerHowTo
https://wiki.nikhef.nl/grid/Koji_Testbed

and for Sigul:

http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Sigul_Signing_Server_Setup

I did lean on the devops-blog pages too that you already mentioned.

I also found it impossible to get going without adding numerous debug messages of my own into the koji code.  I encountered too many exceptions that failed to print any useful details about the current state, especially when I was trying to decode the magic of the proper setup for building from SCM.  I don't fault the code or its authors though, it was created to serve a purpose for the Fedora Project and that it does.  But, it's far from having the polish and documentation of the more popular FOSS packages that get so much more attention.

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John Florian