RethinkDB Mass Package Builder

This repo has tools for building RethinkDB on a crapload of platforms. It uses Docker because that's a way to get operating system images and run stuff on them.

Right now, you could run:

   # Mac
   ruby setup.rb

   # Linux
   sudo ruby setup.rb

Sudo is only necessary if your docker installation needs it.

In general we will (at some point) want to support kicking off a mass package build for a given rethinkdb git commit. We also want to support kicking off an individual package build for a particular (rethinkdb git commit, platform) pair.

EXAMPLE USAGE:

./setup.rb --help

# build packages, test installation, and copy packages for jammy
./setup.rb -c v2.4.3 --v243support --packages --test-pkgs --copy-pkgs --distro jammy

# view rethinkdb_2.4.3~0jammy_amd64.deb
ls artifacts/pkgs

BUILD REQUIREMENTS:

You need Ruby and Docker.

DIRECTORY STRUCTURE:

• rdbcheckout - clones rethinkdb and fetches the biggest external dependencies. We have this here so we don't have to re-clone and fetch for every platform (a zillion times over).

  Keeps the checkout in /rdb

• bionic, buster, strech, centos8, et al - dockerfiles for building on specific platforms

  Copies /rdb from rdbcheckout to /platform, then does its work.

NOTES:

• The creator of this (Sam Hughes sam@samuelhughes.com) is a Docker n00b, so feel free to second-guess his decisions.

SEARCH TERMS:

• "DISAPPEND": A TODO item for a build task that should be moved elsewhere. But currently it isn't, to avoid re-fetching and re-building.

  In general, these Dockerfiles are developed in an append-only manner, because rebuilding images is really slow. But if and when I have to touch the core file, I'll want to clean up that cruft.