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.SH "NAME"
offload-build \- Build a PKGBUILD on a remote server using makechrootpkg
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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offload\-build [OPTIONS] \(em [ARCHBUILD_OPTIONS]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Build a PKGBUILD on a remote server using makechrootpkg\&. Requires a remote user that can run archbuild in a non\-interactive manner, e\&.g\&. must be able to elevate permissions using passwordless sudo\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-r, \-\-repo\fR <reponame>
.RS 4
Build against a specific repository\&. The default is
extra, to build packages using the stable repositories via extra\-x86_64\-build\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-a, \-\-arch\fR <architecture>
.RS 4
Build against a specific architecture\&. The default is
x86_64, the only architecture officially supported by Arch Linux\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s, \-\-server\fR <hostname>
.RS 4
Offload to a specific build server\&. The default is build\&.archlinux\&.org which is used as part of the build toolchain for the official Arch Linux repos\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Show a help text\&.
.RE
.SH "PASSING OPTIONS TO ARCHBUILD"
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Options after a delimiting \(em are passed on to archbuild on the remote\&. archbuild in turn supports passing arguments on to makechrootpkg, which in turn supports passing options to makepkg\&. Since each uses \(em to delimit options that are forwarded, make sure to escape them properly:
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
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`offload\-build offload\-args \-\- archbuild\-args \-\- makechrootpkg\-args \-\- makepkg\-args`
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
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Example: To use a second testing\-x86_64\-build instance with another copydir:
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
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`offload\-build \-r testing \-\- \-\- \-l <chroot_copy>`
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "HOMEPAGE"
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\fIhttps://gitlab\&.archlinux\&.org/archlinux/devtools\fR
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Please report bugs and feature requests in the issue tracker\&. Please do your best to provide a reproducible test case for bugs\&.