[libvirt] [jenkins-ci PATCH 12/12] lcitool: Document build action

Provide some examples and scenarios. Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna(a)redhat.com&gt; --- guests/README.markdown | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/guests/README.markdown b/guests/README.markdown index ddf0149..870619e 100644 --- a/guests/README.markdown +++ b/guests/README.markdown @@ -46,6 +46,25 @@ related projects, while running will update all hosts and prepare them to build libvirt both as a native library and, where supported, as a Windows library using MinGW. +Once hosts have been prepared following the steps above, you can use +`lcitool` to perform builds as well: for example, running + + lcitool -a build -h '*debian*' -p libvirt-python -b master + +will fetch libvirt-python's `master` branch and build it on all Debian +hosts. + +This feature can be used to validate a series you've been working on +will not introduce any CI failures when merged: assuming you have a +personal clone of `$project` hosted somewhere and your changes are in +the `feature` branch, you can tweak the value of `git_url` in +`playbooks/build/projects/$project.yml` so that it points to your own +repository and then run + + lcitool -a build -h all -p $project -b feature + +to spot issues early. + Host setup ---------- -- 2.17.1