Open Build Service

Introduction Packages for SUSE distributions are built in the Open Build Service (OBS). In my previous posts I showed how a perl module is built in OBS and how you can use it as a CI. Now I want to show how we at SUSE maintain modules that are part of an official openSUSE release. In the devel:languages:perl repository we currently have over 3100 perl modules from CPAN. Not all of them land in the official SUSE distribution repositories though. [Read More]

Introduction In my previous Building a Perl Module in OBS post I showed how you can build rpm packages in OBS from your perl module(s). Every commit on the main branch will trigger a new build. Now I will show how to automatically build the package from a GitHub Pull Request. It’s recommended to read the previous post first. For that I need to add an OBS Workflow. I need a GitHub Token, an OBS Token and a workflow YAML file. [Read More]

Introduction The Open Build Service is used to build all packages for the SUSE operating system family. It can also be used to build other package formats. In this post I want to show you how you can setup a project to build your perl module(s) in OBS. Some parts might not be that intuitive, so I documented everything with screenshots. In my next post I will show how you can setup your package to automatically build on pull requests. [Read More]