Building a5y17lte from docker fails with "Can't detect the android version"

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I’m trying to build the Oreo-based version of /e/ using these instructions.

I enter this command:

docker run
-v “/home/rhombus/Documents/Samsung_Galaxy_A5/e_build/src:/srv/src:delegated”
-v “/home/rhombus/Documents/Samsung_Galaxy_A5/e_build/zips:/srv/zips:delegated”
-v “/home/rhombus/Documents/Samsung_Galaxy_A5/e_build/logs:/srv/logs:delegated”
-v “/home/rhombus/Documents/Samsung_Galaxy_A5/e_build/ccache:/srv/ccache:delegated”
-e “BRANCH_NAME=v1-oreo”
-e “DEVICE_LIST=a5y17lte”
-e “CCACHE_SIZE=100G”
-e “CUSTOM_PACKAGES=‘MuPDF GmsCore GsfProxy FakeStore com.google.android.maps.jar Mail BlissLauncher BlissIconPack MozillaNlpBackend OpenWeatherMapWeatherProvider AccountManager MagicEarth OpenCamera eDrive Weather Notes Tasks NominatimNlpBackend Light DroidGuard OpenKeychain Message Browser BrowserWebView Apps LibreOfficeViewer’”
-e “SIGNATURE_SPOOFING=restricted”
-e “OTA_URL=https://ota.ecloud.global/api”
-e “REPO=https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/android.git”
registry.gitlab.e.foundation:5000/e/os/docker-lineage-cicd:latest

I immediately get this output:

Set cache size limit to 50.0 GB

[Sun Nov 17 17:19:58 UTC 2019] Branch: v1-oreo
[Sun Nov 17 17:19:58 UTC 2019] Devices: a5y17lte,
[Sun Nov 17 17:19:58 UTC 2019] (Re)initializing branch repository
[Sun Nov 17 17:19:59 UTC 2019] Copying ‘/srv/local_manifests/*.xml’ to ‘.repo/local_manifests/’
[Sun Nov 17 17:19:59 UTC 2019] Use branch lineage-15.1 on github.com/TheMuppets
[Sun Nov 17 17:19:59 UTC 2019] Syncing branch repository
sed: can’t read build/core/version_defaults.mk: No such file or directory
sed: can’t read build/core/version_defaults.mk: No such file or directory
sed: can’t read build/core/version_defaults.mk: No such file or directory
[Sun Nov 17 17:19:59 UTC 2019] Can’t detect the android version

I don’t know what name or filesystem space the error is being triggered in, so I don’t know how to start troubleshooting this. Where should I expect to find ‘build/core/version_defaults.mk’? And where is this sed command being executed?

Also, why is it setting the cache size limit to 50GB when I’ve specified 100G? (I also tried 100GB, no effect).

I know there is already an unofficial build for this (Oreo-based /e/ on Samsung Galaxy A5), but I want to build this myself until there is a community supported version.

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Try this way. Your device is unsupported by lineage, that’s why this way fits better
https://community.e.foundation/t/howto-build-e-without-docker-for-non-lineageos-supported-devices/3991

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My device IS supported by lineage:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/a5y17lte

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Than try this way. There you can change alot. The cache size for example
https://community.e.foundation/t/howto-build-e-without-docker/3149

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Are the oreo sources all still available at lineage git ?

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Thanks. Unfortunately that script is for Ubuntu. (I’m running Gentoo).

Is there no generic, distro-independent way to build /e/?

(Really, there should be a community-supported version of /e/ based on Oreo by now…)

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It makes no difference, it also works on debian. Remove the first lines and that’s it

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Yes: https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_samsung_a5y17lte

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It’s los16, that’s pie. You need for oreo los 15.1

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There is a branch for 15.1.

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Oh, sorry, your are right. There is 15.1

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I would use the builde.sh script and branch 16

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So, am I right in suspecting that this docker build approach is broken? So many people have problems with it, I wonder why anyone bothers.

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So, Pie. But then I will need a Pie baseband. The phone had Oreo installed on it. I would rather not have to scour the Internet for dodgy ROMs to get it to work.

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I’m using always builde.sh script, becayse I can cange things. I have run a build today for sailfish pie and it works without any error

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It’s your decision …

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Where do I find the builde.sh script, exactly? Is it official? Is it in a git repo?

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Please see my post 20 minutes before.
You have seen it and you has answered the gentoo comment.

It’s a user script. Not an e-foundation script.

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For anybody else who might need it, the builde.sh script is in a git repo here.

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That’s the git of the user which has created it. I don’t see a benefit of a script in github. It’s the sane as in forum