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Re: [arch-releng] archiso
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

On 07/01/2010 06:57 PM, Pascal wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using archiso: very good job! Oh yes works very well, but is not my job, I am just a eventually contributor. > When you do an > apropos something > in the iso, there's no result... > So in my makefile there's a > chroot $(WORKDIR)/root-image /usr/bin/mandb -qc > > May be directly in archiso... > That is true. But there is one issue with iso images sizes (core-dual.iso) 1) current (2010.05) official media is 659MB, so addding "1.7MB+compression" is not an issue. 2) current (today generated images 2010.07.01) is 702MB!. Size is over 2MB of the allowed limit for a CD-ROM, adding more data become a problem++. Anyway if big size is a problem for next iso, I think that dual images need to be generated with archiso2dual "-T split" instead of (like now) "-T basic" (man-db -qc can be run inside the live environment, just take about 1 minute) CC: to arch-releng to notify about space issue for next snapshot images. -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1

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[arch-releng] [PATCH 9/9] [archiso] Rewrite cleanup step in mkarchiso
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Currently works partially since in bash "*" is not expanded. Old dirs removed, always empty dirs removed from list. Also cleanup sync databases from pacman 3.4.0, avoiding problems with pacman -Sy since "sync" directory is deleted. Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso/mkarchiso | 15 ++++++++------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/archiso/mkarchiso b/archiso/mkarchiso index b40eedd..2ec1a75 100755 --- a/archiso/mkarchiso +++ b/archiso/mkarchiso @@ -149,13 +149,14 @@ to the iso/ directory. fi fi - # delete a lot of unnecessary cache/log files - kill_dirs="var/abs var/cache/man var/cache/pacman var/lib/pacman/sync var/log/* var/mail tmp/* initrd" - for x in ${kill_dirs}; do - if [ -e "${work_dir}/root-image/${x}" ]; then - rm -rf "${work_dir}/root-image/${x}" - fi - done + # Delete pacman database sync cache files (*.tar.gz) + find "${work_dir}/root-image/var/lib/pacman" -maxdepth 1 -type f -delete + # Delete pacman database sync cache + find "${work_dir}/root-image/var/lib/pacman/sync" -delete + # Delete pacman package cache + find "${work_dir}/root-image/var/cache/pacman/pkg" -type f -delete + # Delete all log files, keeps empty dirs. + find "${work_dir}/root-image/var/log" -type f -delete fi } -- 1.7.1

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[arch-releng] [PATCH 1/3] [syslinux-iso] Comment IPAPPEND option and add comment about usage.
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

IPAPPEND option is only used by PXELINUX. Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg | 6 ++++-- .../syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg b/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg index 5ed26e1..6dd4bbb 100644 --- a/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg +++ b/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ ENDTEXT MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux (i686) KERNEL /boot/i686/vmlinuz26 APPEND initrd=/boot/i686/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX tmpfs_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 -IPAPPEND 0 +# Next line should be uncommented when prepare enviroment to boot from PXE. +#IPAPPEND 3 LABEL arch64 TEXT HELP @@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ ENDTEXT MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux (x86_64) KERNEL /boot/x86_64/vmlinuz26 APPEND initrd=/boot/x86_64/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX tmpfs_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 -IPAPPEND 0 +# Next line should be uncommented when prepare enviroment to boot from PXE. +#IPAPPEND 3 LABEL existing TEXT HELP diff --git a/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg b/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg index 2d604ba..dd9ef86 100644 --- a/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg +++ b/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ ENDTEXT MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz26 APPEND initrd=/boot/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX tmpfs_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 -IPAPPEND 0 +# Next line should be uncommented when prepare enviroment to boot from PXE. +#IPAPPEND 3 LABEL existing TEXT HELP -- 1.7.1

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[arch-releng] [PATCH 9/9] [archiso] Rewrite cleanup step in mkarchiso
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Currently works partially since in bash "*" is not expanded. Old dirs removed, always empty dirs removed from list. Also cleanup sync databases from pacman 3.4.0, avoiding problems with pacman -Sy since "sync" directory is deleted. Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso/mkarchiso | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/archiso/mkarchiso b/archiso/mkarchiso index b40eedd..6a8cb68 100755 --- a/archiso/mkarchiso +++ b/archiso/mkarchiso @@ -149,13 +149,18 @@ to the iso/ directory. fi fi - # delete a lot of unnecessary cache/log files - kill_dirs="var/abs var/cache/man var/cache/pacman var/lib/pacman/sync var/log/* var/mail tmp/* initrd" - for x in ${kill_dirs}; do - if [ -e "${work_dir}/root-image/${x}" ]; then - rm -rf "${work_dir}/root-image/${x}" - fi - done + # Delete pacman database sync cache files (*.tar.gz) + find "${work_dir}/root-image/var/lib/pacman" -maxdepth 1 -type f -delete + # Delete pacman database sync cache + find "${work_dir}/root-image/var/lib/pacman/sync" -delete + # Delete pacman package cache + find "${work_dir}/root-image/var/cache/pacman/pkg" -type f -delete + # Delete all log files, keeps empty dirs. + find "${work_dir}/root-image/var/log" -type f -delete + # Delete all temporary files and dirs + find "${work_dir}/root-image/var/tmp" -mindepth 1 -delete + # Delete all temporary files and dirs + find "${work_dir}/root-image/tmp" -mindepth 1 -delete fi } -- 1.7.1

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[arch-releng] [PATCH 1/8] [syslinux-iso] Update to latest pacman.conf in overlay tree
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- configs/syslinux-iso/overlay/etc/pacman.conf | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/configs/syslinux-iso/overlay/etc/pacman.conf b/configs/syslinux-iso/overlay/etc/pacman.conf index de7e17d..911c23d 100644 --- a/configs/syslinux-iso/overlay/etc/pacman.conf +++ b/configs/syslinux-iso/overlay/etc/pacman.conf @@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ HoldPkg = pacman glibc # If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first SyncFirst = pacman #XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u -#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o +#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - %u > %o #CleanMethod = KeepInstalled +Architecture = auto # Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup #IgnorePkg = @@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ SyncFirst = pacman # - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages # have identical names, regardless of version number # - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo +# - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture # # Repository entries are of the format: # [repo-name] -- 1.7.1

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Re: [arch-releng] [arch-general] Inclusion of wvdial in the ISO
by Dieter Plaetinck 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:16:58 +0800 Ray Rashif <schivmeister(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 June 2010 17:35, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter(a)plaetinck.be> wrote: > > So, what? > > we better include ppp and not wvdial? > > No, it will definitely help if it's included - you just have to make > an exception and try to fit it in with the rest of the packages in > src/core/pkg (ppp is already part of base, whereas wvdial is in > extra). Perhaps a request to bring it into core in light of cases like > this? Then probably we should move wvdial to core just like ie. pppoe stuff is in core, no need for a special exceptions. And then we'd include it in the package list for archiso. Having it in /src/core/pkg on the iso will be a good sideeffect, not a primary goal. I suggest someone who is into this stuff takes over, because I don't really know what i'm talking about. Dieter

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Re: [arch-releng] [arch-general] Inclusion of wvdial in the ISO
by jwbirdsong 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

On 06/25/2010 11:54 PM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I've been going to my friends' house and installing arch on > their boxes. Some of them had high speed wireless dialup internet (3.1 > megabytes/s is the max) which required wvdial, so I had to carry > wvdial's package in another pen drive. > > It would be nice if wvdial was included in the ISO, so such people can > have the latest system if they conduct an FTP install. > Maybe CC a copy of this to the arch-releng ML. Oh wait I just did. And perhaps add a feature request to the Release Eng bug tracker/

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[arch-releng] [PATCH 1/5] comment IPAPPEND option in isolinux.cfg
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Avoid warning about unknown keyword when boot with syslinux. This option is valid under pxelinux. Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg | 4 ++-- .../syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg b/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg index 5ed26e1..22641aa 100644 --- a/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg +++ b/archiso2dual/isolinux.cfg @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ENDTEXT MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux (i686) KERNEL /boot/i686/vmlinuz26 APPEND initrd=/boot/i686/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX tmpfs_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 -IPAPPEND 0 +#IPAPPEND 1 LABEL arch64 TEXT HELP @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ENDTEXT MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux (x86_64) KERNEL /boot/x86_64/vmlinuz26 APPEND initrd=/boot/x86_64/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX tmpfs_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 -IPAPPEND 0 +#IPAPPEND 1 LABEL existing TEXT HELP diff --git a/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg b/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg index 2d604ba..5c71325 100644 --- a/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg +++ b/configs/syslinux-iso/boot-files/isolinux/isolinux.cfg @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ENDTEXT MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz26 APPEND initrd=/boot/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX tmpfs_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 -IPAPPEND 0 +#IPAPPEND 1 LABEL existing TEXT HELP -- 1.7.1

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[arch-releng] [archiso] patches for recent changes in core
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hi My archiso branch is update to make it functionally with recent changes in [core]. http://github.com/djgera/archiso/commits/djgera/ * [syslinux-iso] update package list (linux-firmware) * [archiso] Make it compatible with latest mkinitcpio. Also there are three pending patches: * [syslinux-iso] Add comment about IPAPPEND option * [syslinux-iso] fix wrong commented value from previous commit * [syslinux-iso] comment IPAPPEND option in isolinux.cfg Good Luck! PS: Sorry I sending in this way (webmail) because my ISP recently blocked without any advice the "external SMTP" service for all users. Grrrrr!!!

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[arch-releng] ArchISO maintainer
by Thomas Bächler 21 Jun '10

21 Jun '10

Is there anyone actually maintaining the ArchISO repository? Who reviews and applies patches? I sent a patch to this list for review a while ago and didn't even get a response.

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