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@@ -253,6 +253,30 @@ building `vyos-strongswan` and can be ignored on other packages. **NOTE:** `vyos-strongswan` will only compile on a Linux system, running on macOS or Windows might result in a unittest deadlock (it never exits). +#### Building single packages from your own repositories + +You can also build packages that are not from the default git repositories, +for example from your own forks of the official vyos repositories. + +First create a directory "packages" at the top level of the vyos-build repository +and clone your package into it (creating a subdirectory with the package contents). +Then checkout the correct branch or commit you want to build before building the package. + +```bash +$ mkdir packages +$ cd packages +$ git clone git@github.com:myname/vyos-1x.git +$ cd vyos-1x +$ git checkout equuleus +$ cd ../.. +$ docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/vyos -w /vyos/packages/PACKAGENAME \ + --sysctl net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6=0 \ + vyos-builder scripts/build-packages -b vyos-1x +``` + +**NOTE:** you need to git pull manually after you commit to the remote and before rebuilding, +the local repository won't be updated automatically. + # Development process ## Git branches |