Unable to create image from source

rohitld · September 10, 2018, 12:40pm

Hi,

I was trying to build vyos from source, as suggested earlier (Building VYOS image from source) I compiled the source code of vyatta-quagga and try to build it using debuild -b -us -uc.
The command creates a deb file but when I do a make iso in vyos-build directory, it crashes with the following error:
Errors were encountered while processing:
/root/packages/./vyatta-quagga_0.99.20.1-14+vyos2+current1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Could you help me understand why the build crashes?

c-po · September 10, 2018, 4:14pm

Quagga is no longer used in VyOS. It was replaced in favour of FRR.

hagbard · September 10, 2018, 4:17pm

It’s not a crash, its just an error. You should have more error output otherwise set DH_VERBOSE=1.
It does work for me with no issues at all:

git clone GitHub - vyos-legacy/vyatta-quagga: BGP/OSPF/RIP/RIB routing daemons
cd vyatta-quagga/
dpkg-buildpackage -b -tc -us -uc
Sep 10 09:16 vyatta-quagga_0.99.20.1-14+vyos2+current1_amd64.changes
Sep 10 09:16 vyatta-quagga_0.99.20.1-14+vyos2+current1_amd64.deb
Sep 10 09:16 vyatta-quagga-dbg_0.99.20.1-14+vyos2+current1_amd64.deb

Plus the fact as cpo wrote, is not used anymore, but building the pkg from scratch will still work.

rohitld · September 11, 2018, 12:06pm

Hi All,

Thanks for the quick response.

I was trying to build a new daemon parallel to ospf/rip/bgp. As you guys mentioned, I have moved to FRR and trying to build from source. I followed the steps in the following link and was able to bring the ISO up from source.

github.com

FRRouting/frr/blob/master/doc/developer/packaging-debian.rst

.. _packaging-debian:

Packaging Debian
================

(Tested on Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04, Debian jessie, stretch and
buster.)

1. Install the Debian packaging tools:

   .. code-block:: shell

      sudo apt install fakeroot debhelper devscripts

2. Checkout FRR under an **unprivileged** user account:

   .. code-block:: shell

      git clone https://github.com/frrouting/frr.git frr
      cd frr

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I wanted to know if there is any way I can save all the downloaded debs in a cache location, so that every time I do a make iso it doesn’t go and fetch from the internet where as pick from my local cache.

TIA

hagbard · September 11, 2018, 5:43pm

You would have to modify the make process. Besides it’s not a good idea, since you would be prone of missing important updates. I would rather extend it, mount the built iso, install whatever you need to install and unmount again.