[PATCH] mergeScratch(): import rpms from a scratch build into an existing build

[Mike McLean]

On 04/22/2015 05:56 PM, Mike Bonnet wrote:
> Hi.  The attached patch implements a mergeScratch() method.  This
> enables importing the rpms built by a scratch build and associating them
> with an existing build, if that build was built from the same SCM URL
> and has the same NVR.
>
> The use-case for the method is arch enablement.  The general approach
> would be:
>   - setup a new build tag that builds only for the new arch
>     - this would use either imported rpms or an external repo of rpms
> that had been built/bootstrapped manually
>   - run a scratch build in the new build tag, from the same SCM URL as
> an existing build
>   - call mergeScratch(scratch_task_id)
>     - rpms built for the new arch are added to the existing build
>
> This allows arch coverage to be added incrementally to existing builds
> in a non-disruptive way.  When all builds in the -build tag have rpms
> for the new arch, the arch can be enabled in the main tags and all new
> builds will generate rpms for the new arch.  This simplifies the
> bootstrap process for a new arch, and avoids mass-rebuilds that would
> result in no change in the existing arch rpms.
>
> This could be accomplished with the existing rpm import functionality,
> but mergeScratch() retains the build logs and the buildroot metadata
> (associated with the scratch build task) so merged rpms have better
> tracking and auditability.
>
> Questions and comments welcome.

applied

> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
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