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+#######################################################################
+#build script for local usage
+#used for Linux/AIX/Ubuntu
+#
+###########################################################################
+
+
+OSNAME=$(uname)
+NAMEALL=$(uname -a)
+
+for i in $*; do
+        # upper case the variable name
+        varstring=`echo "$i"|cut -d '=' -f 1|tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'`=`echo "$i"|cut -d '=' -f 2`
+        export $varstring
+done
+
+if [ -z "$CURDIR" ]; then
+   echo "get current directory!"
+   CURDIR=$(pwd)
+fi
+
+echo "CURDIR is $CURDIR"
+echo "OSNAME is $OSNAME!"
+echo "NAMEALL is $NAMEALL"
+
+grep -i 'SUSE' /etc/issue
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+   echo "This is a SUSE system!"
+   OS="SUSE";
+fi
+
+
+ls $CURDIR/makerpm
+
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+                echo "Error:no repo exist, exit 1."
+                exit 1 
+fi
+
+# Get a lock, so can not do 2 builds at once
+exec 8>/var/lock/xcatbld.lock
+if ! flock -n 8; then
+    echo "Can't get lock /var/lock/xcatbld.lock.  Someone else must be doing a build right now.  Exiting...."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+#delete old package if there is
+rm -rf $CURDIR/build/
+cd $CURDIR
+
+echo "==============================================="
+echo $NAMEALL |  egrep "Ubuntu"
+
+#Check if it is an Ubuntu system
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+
+echo "This is an Ubuntu system"
+     pkg_type="snap"
+     build_string="Snap_Build"
+     cur_date=`date +%Y%m%d`
+     short_ver=`cat Version|cut -d. -f 1,2`
+     pkg_version="${short_ver}-${pkg_type}${cur_date}"
+
+     mkdir -p $CURDIR/build
+
+ for rpmname in xCAT-client xCAT-genesis-scripts perl-xCAT xCAT-server xCAT xCATsn xCAT-test; do
+     rpmname_low=`echo $rpmname | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
+     echo "============================================"
+     echo "$rpmname_low"
+     cd $rpmname
+     dch -v $pkg_version -b -c debian/changelog $build_string
+     dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us
+     rc=$?
+     if [ $rc -gt 0 ]; then
+                  echo "Error: $rpmname build package failed exit code $rc"
+     fi
+     cd -
+     mv ${rpmname_low}* $CURDIR/build
+ 
+ done 
+     #delete all files except  .deb file
+     find $CURDIR/build/* ! -name *.deb | xargs rm -f
+
+else
+#This is not an Ubuntu system
+echo "This is an $OSNAME system"
+
+     if [ "$OS" = "SUSE" ]; then
+         rm -rf /usr/src/packages/RPMS/noarch/*
+         rm -rf /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/*
+         rm -rf /usr/src/packages/RPMS/ppc64/*
+     else
+         rm -rf /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/*
+         rm -rf /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/*
+         rm -rf /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/ppc64/*
+     fi
+
+     mkdir -p $CURDIR/build/
+  
+   #always build perl-xCAT
+   $CURDIR/makerpm  perl-xCAT  
+ 
+
+   # Build the rest of the noarch rpms
+   for rpmname in xCAT-client xCAT-server xCAT-IBMhpc xCAT-rmc xCAT-test xCAT-buildkit; do
+        if [ "$OSNAME" = "AIX" -a "$rpmname" = "xCAT-buildkit" ]; then continue; fi     
+        $CURDIR/makerpm $rpmname
+   done
+  
+  #build xCAT-genesis-scripts if it is x86_64 platform
+  ARCH=$(uname -p)
+  if [ "$ARCH" = "x64_64" ]; then 
+       $CURDIR/makerpm xCAT-genesis-scripts x86_64  
+  fi
+
+  
+  # Build the xCAT and xCATsn rpms for all platforms
+  for rpmname in xCAT xCATsn; do
+                if [ "$OSNAME" = "AIX" ]; then
+                        $CURDIR/makerpm $rpmname
+                        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then FAILEDRPMS="$FAILEDRPMS $rpmname"; fi 
+                else
+                        for arch in x86_64 ppc64 s390x; do
+                                $CURDIR/makerpm $rpmname $arch
+                                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then FAILEDRPMS="$FAILEDRPMS $rpmname-$arch"; fi
+                        done
+                fi
+  done
+
+  if [ "$OS" = "SUSE" ]; then
+      cp /usr/src/packages/RPMS/noarch/* $CURDIR/build/
+      cp /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/* $CURDIR/build/
+      cp /usr/src/packages/RPMS/ppc64/* $CURDIR/build/ 
+  else
+      cp /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/* $CURDIR/build/
+      cp /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/* $CURDIR/build/
+      cp /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/ppc64/* $CURDIR/build/
+  fi
+
+  #begin to create repo for redhat platform
+
+   grep -i 'Red' /etc/issue;
+   if [ "$OSNAME" != "AIX" -a $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        cat >$CURDIR/build/xCAT-core.repo << EOF
+[xcat-2-core]
+name=xCAT 2 Core packages
+baseurl=file://$CURDIR/build
+enabled=1
+gpgcheck=0
+EOF
+
+  cp $CURDIR/build/xCAT-core.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/
+  else
+     rm -f /etc/zypp/repos.d/xCAT-core.repo
+     zypper ar file://$CURDIR/build xCAT-core
+  fi
+   
+fi
+
+