Procedure 4.  Getting git-buildpackage ready

1. Installing git-buildpackage

   apt-get install git-buildpackage

2. Configuring git-buildpackage

   Add these settings to ~/.gbp.conf:

   <snip>
   [DEFAULT]
   builder = /usr/bin/pdebuild
   [git-buildpackage]
   sign-tags = True
   keyid = BCB62767
   # Dir relative to .. is made/found by pdebuild. For cowbuilder/git-pbuilder, different settings are needed
   export-dir = ..
   tarball-dir = ..
   <snip>
   	  

3. Create a chroot for another architecture

   sudo ARCH=i386 DIST=wheezy cowbuilder --create

Procedure 5.  Using git-buildpackage

1. Get the package source

   apprentice@host:~/packaging$ apt-get source -d hello
apprentice@host:~/packaging$ mkdir hello.git
apprentice@host:~/packaging$ cd hello.git

2. Make it a git repository

   apprentice@host:~/packaging/hello.git$ git init
apprentice@host:~/packaging/hello.git$ git-import-dsc ../hello_2.8-4.dsc

3. Build the package

   apprentice@host:~/packaging/hello.git$ ARCH=i386 DIST=wheezy git-buildpackage