F3D Alpine package builder environment using macOS / QEMU

This repo sets up an Alpine build environment using QEMU on macOS, intended for packaging F3D using src/APKBUILD.

F3D APKBUILD packaging work originally by Saijin-Naib at https://pastebin.com/2ckHAs2Q.

Usage

Simply run run.sh aarch64 or run.sh x86_64 depending on which architecture you want.

On first run, it will download the relevant installer ISO and boot it, at which point you can run setup-alpine to install properly to the disk vda.

On subsequent runs, it will boot from vda and bring up your existing system.

Building

Once you have a running machine:

1. Follow the Alpine build environment guide
2. Enable the Alpine community repository with setup-apkrepos -c; lots of the dependencies are in there.
3. Copy src/f3d/APKBUILD into your Alpine VM (see below)
4. Execute abuild -r.

Copying files

By default, the run script will map the src directory to /dev/vdb1 inside the VM. You can mount that inside the VM like so:

doas mount -t vfat /dev/vdb1 {mount_point}

Then you can copy files in and out, though note that it only syncs the real and virtual folders at machine start and shutdown.