Q: How to start simple build ?
A: Pick an example config (e.g. from cf/repos/...) and call the repo-build-pool
with config file name and pool name as arguments (pool usually is default)
Q: What does 'pool' mean here ?
A: Pools are used for organizing sets of packages. Each pool lives entirely on
it's own, using an own apt repository (in .aptrepo/<pool>).
Q: How can I define which distros to build for ?
A: Use dck-buildpackage's target configs. The targets: section in the config
yml tells the dck-buildpackage's target names.
Q: How can I build for Devuan ? (debootstrap fails to find script 'ascii')
A: Debian's and Ubuntu's version of debootstrap don't know about Devuan releases. Just chdir to /usr/share/deboootstrap/scripts/ and create symlinks named by the Devuan release (eg. 'ascii') pointing to 'sid'.
Q: Where can I get dck-buildpackage ? What is that anyways ?
A: It's a little tool for building debian packages in docker containers. See: https://github.com/metux/docker-buildpackage
Q: How can I build packages that depend on others (that aren't in the distro yet) ?
A: Just add the dependencies to the packages (note: the names you're using in the config, not the debian package names). The packages will be built along the dependency tree and placed into the pool's repo. This repo is also added to the build container's package sources, so apt can automatically install the previously built packages from there.
Q: How can I trigger rebuild of packages that I already had built ?
A: Remove the corresponding state files in .stat/