[arch-releng] [RFC] [archiso] Populate /run/aif/AIF_IGNORE_DEVS with archiso virtual devices

[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:01:41 -0300
Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:

> On 02/09/2012 12:33 AM, Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi wrote:
> > On 02/07/2012 04:46 AM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> >> On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:20:55 -0300
> >> Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi<vmlinuz386 at yahoo.com.ar>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> AIF is supposed to run on any enviroment. Is the work of AIF to
> >>> find how each enviroment is setup.
> >> This seems a bit exaggerated to me.
> >>
> >>> You can run any installer inside archiso (there are some
> >>> interesting and simple scripts contributed in our community).
> >>>
> >> okay so several installers can run in archiso and aif can run in 
> >> several environments.
> >> then we name it without using archiso NOR aif, something like:
> >>
> >> /run/installer-ignore-devs
> >>
> >> ?
> >>
> > ok
> >
> Or a better thing:
> 
> In archiso* hooks make /run/archiso/used_block_devices and from
> archiso "releng" profile symlink /run/installer-ignore-devs -> 
> /run/archiso/used_block_devices via tmpfiles.
> In this way, we keep everything in its place and all happy :)

I don't really understand what you mean, but you know what you're talking about, so go ahead :)
Dieter