September 2010 - Arch-releng - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-releng] Opinions about adding lzo support to mkarchiso
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

Hello Aaron, Dieter, Thomas: Next Linux 2.6.36 [#1] will support squashfs with lzo compression, and we need newer squashfs-tools 4.1 (officially supported) with lzo enabled (changes needed to PKGBUILD here [#2]). I added a parameter -c to mkarchiso that can select between gzip (default) and lzo. What do you think about adding lzo support to mkarchiso, this should be enabled by default? Or just keep mkarchiso with gzip as default then in "syslinux-iso" profile enable lzo. I did not make any tests at this moment I will wait for 2.6.36 package become ready. Thanks for your time. [#1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdi… [#2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20986 Adding an "informal" patch just for RFC. --- a/archiso/mkarchiso +++ b/archiso/mkarchiso @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ PACCONFIG="/etc/pacman.conf" export LABEL="ARCH_$(date +%Y%m)" PUBLISHER="Arch Linux <http://www.archlinux.org>" APPLICATION="Arch Linux Live/Rescue CD" +COMPRESSION="gzip" CREATE_DEFAULT="n" APPNAME=$(basename "${0}") @@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ usage () echo " -L <label> Set a label for the disk" echo " -P <publisher> Set a publisher for the disk" echo " -A <application> Set an application name for the disk" + echo " -c <compressor> Set compression type: 'gzip' (default) or 'lzo'" echo " -d Create default user directory /home/arch" echo " -v Enable verbose output" echo " -h This message" @@ -34,13 +36,14 @@ usage () exit $1 } -while getopts 'p:C:L:P:A:dfvh' arg; do +while getopts 'p:C:L:P:A:cdfvh' arg; do case "${arg}" in p) PKGLIST="${PKGLIST} ${OPTARG}" ;; C) PACCONFIG="${OPTARG}" ;; - L) LABEL="${OPTARG}" ;; - P) PUBLISHER="${OPTARG}" ;; - A) APPLICATION="${OPTARG}" ;; + L) LABEL="${OPTARG}" ;; + P) PUBLISHER="${OPTARG}" ;; + A) APPLICATION="${OPTARG}" ;; + c) COMPRESSION="${OPTARG}" ;; d) CREATE_DEFAULT="y" ;; f) FORCE="y" ;; v) QUIET="n" ;; @@ -187,9 +190,9 @@ _mksquash () { echo "Creating SquashFS image. This may take some time..." start=$(date +%s) if [ "${QUIET}" = "y" ]; then - mksquashfs "${1}" "${sqimg}" -noappend >/dev/null + mksquashfs "${1}" "${sqimg}" -noappend -comp ${COMPRESSION} >/dev/null else - mksquashfs "${1}" "${sqimg}" -noappend + mksquashfs "${1}" "${sqimg}" -noappend -comp ${COMPRESSION} fi minutes=$(echo $start $(date +%s) | awk '{ printf "%0.2f",($2-$1)/60 }') echo "Image creation done in $minutes minutes." -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1

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[arch-releng] Malaysian Arch Linux
by Masokis Programmer 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

It's any people from Malaysia ? i like to try arch linux.. hope someone can be contact :) also to greet them when i meet at IRC room of arch linux :) -- *>> HTTP://WWW.MASOKIS.COM <<*

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[arch-releng] [PATCH] [archiso] Do not copy host configuration to root-image
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 13 Sep '10

13 Sep '10

Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso/mkarchiso | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/archiso/mkarchiso b/archiso/mkarchiso index 6a2aeff..c7de1da 100755 --- a/archiso/mkarchiso +++ b/archiso/mkarchiso @@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ _pacman () { local ret if [ "${QUIET}" = "y" ]; then - mkarchroot -C "$PACCONFIG" -f "${work_dir}/root-image" $* 2>&1 >/dev/null + mkarchroot -n -C "$PACCONFIG" -f "${work_dir}/root-image" $* 2>&1 >/dev/null ret=$? else - mkarchroot -C "$PACCONFIG" -f "${work_dir}/root-image" $* + mkarchroot -n -C "$PACCONFIG" -f "${work_dir}/root-image" $* ret=$? fi -- 1.7.2.3

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[arch-releng] [PATCH] [syslinux-iso] Add hdparm to installed packages on live-env
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Some modern HDD come with agressive APM settings by default, not only "green ready" drive also "high end" drives. Adding hdparm so users can change/disable hdd settings (mostly -B -S -M). Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 | 1 + configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 b/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 index 70722e9..726903e 100644 --- a/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 +++ b/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dnsutils dosfstools elinks gnu-netcat +hdparm inetutils ipw2100-fw ipw2200-fw diff --git a/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 b/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 index 70722e9..726903e 100644 --- a/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 +++ b/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dnsutils dosfstools elinks gnu-netcat +hdparm inetutils ipw2100-fw ipw2200-fw -- 1.7.2.2

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