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Batch-cancel pending builds in PPA

Asked by Jasem Mutlaq

Even since the problems with the Launchpad build farm started, many packages are queued to be built. There are over 1000+ now and they're already obsoleted. It is quite inpractical to go and cancel each individually, therefore, I'd like all of them to be cancelled here: https://launchpad.net/~mutlaqja/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+builds?build_state=pending

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Best Colin Watson (cjwatson) said : 		#1

You can use the Launchpad API for that: https://help.launchpad.net/API/launchpadlib

If you install the lptools package, it should be something like this:

  for build in lp.load('/~mutlaqja/+archive/ubuntu/ppa').getBuildRecords(build_state='Needs building'):
      if build.can_be_cancelled:
          build.cancel()

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) said : 		#2

Oops, sorry, forgot a bit in those instructions. That code can be entered in the interactive shell you get from "lp-tools production devel".

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) said : 		#3

lp-shell production devel

Apparently I'm not entirely with it today!

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Jasem Mutlaq (mutlaqja) said : 		#4

Thanks Colin Watson, that solved my question.

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Jasem Mutlaq (mutlaqja) said : 		#5

I had to run the same command several times to get all the queue to clear up, but it's finally cleared thanks!!