buildbot questions

[Joshua Root]

On 2013-1-5 13:45 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> On Jan 4, 2013, at 16:25, MK-MacPorts at techno.ms wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 4, 2013, at 11:16 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>> I am logged in, and I'm looking at this page:
>>>
>>> https://build.macports.org/builders
>>>
>>> If I want to force a particular port to build* on two of the buildbots, what field do I put the port name into? We've had the buildbots for so long now, and I'm afraid I still don't know how to do this. I don't see a field labeled "ports" or "portlist". What is the purpose of the repository and project fields? What are the property1-4
>>> Name/Value fields used for?
>>
>> Hi Ryan,
>>
>> fill these out:
>>
>>  - branch: trunk  (could probably stay empty)
>>  - property1   Name: portlist     Value: gpsim
>>
>> all the rest can stay empty.
> 
> Thanks! I tried this:
> 
> * Checked the box next to "buildports-lion-x86_64"
> * Checked the box next to "buildports-snowleopard-x86_64"
> * Put "trunk" into the "branch" field (I also tried leaving it empty)
> * Put "portlist" into the "property1 Name" field
> * Put "gpsim" into the "property1 Value" field
> * Pushed "Force Build"
> 
> All that happened was that I was redirected to https://build.macports.org . No error message was displayed and looking at the console it doesn't look like the build was started.

I've actually never tried forcing a build on multiple slaves from the
builders page. I think this form may actually be new in this buildbot
version. I've always just done it on one, from the page for a particular
builder, e.g. <https://build.macports.org/builders/buildports-lion-x86_64>

- Josh