[arch-releng] [releng-scripts]: add dosfstools to releng-chroot-manager

Keshav P R the.ridikulus.rat at gmail.com
Tue Apr 17 11:26:48 EDT 2012


On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 17:54, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
<vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
> On 04/17/2012 08:24 AM, Keshav P R wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 20:07, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
>> <vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 04/15/2012 07:27 AM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:18:40 -0300
>>>> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi<vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> -       extrapkgs="vim mc base-devel git svn cvs mkinitcpio libisoburn
>>>>> squashfs-tools devtools libui-sh"
>>>>> +       extrapkgs="vim mc base-devel git svn cvs mkinitcpio libisoburn
>>>>> squashfs-tools dosfstools devtools libui-sh"
>>>>>
>>>>> otherwise x86_64 isos does not build.
>>>>>
>>>> commit message could be a bit more useful.  why would it not build
>>>> otherwise?  what's contained within dosfstools that's needed?
>>>>
>>> ** For configs/releng build.sh needs theses packages (build host):
>>>  + dosfstools              for mkfs.vfat
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
>>> \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1
>>>
>> Isn't this something trivial? When you guys decided to merge efistub
>> booting, and when it is clear that the script requires mkfs.vfat,
>> shouldn't the package that provides mkfs.vfat be included, along with
>> that patch. You have added efibootmgr that is required only during
>> runtime, but left out (initially) dosfstools that is required for iso
>> generation scripts in the first place. Why do it in two separate
>> steps?
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Keshav
>>
> This is a separate project managed by Dieter. releng.git != archiso.git ;)
>

Opps. I didn't see that this patch is for releng, not archiso. Thanks
for clarifying.

- Keshav


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