If Im not mistaken the priority in the control file is optional. As to whether or not I have re-built with a fresh mirror, I have done both as I have experimented with this situation. I tend to favor starting over by wiping the tmp/ that gets created by issuing a rm -rf tmp. I have found that doing so tends to lessen errors and unexpected outcomes. (I can't give a specific example of this, other than if I changed a package, but left it named the same, it would not build the new version of the package into the system. I believe I understand why that happens, but nevertheless...)
Its an interesting suggestion to run without --local-packages. How would simple-cdd know where to get my linux-image deb (since its in the dir defined by local-packages argument) if I do not provide it? For the sake of completeness, I will go ahead and run again without providing local-packages and leaving my linux-image deb in the .downloads file and see what happens. I will also be doing this having just removed the tmp/ created by simple-cdd. I'll report back in a little while with another response. Thanks again for responding to my questions. I appreciate your efforts to help and frankly what simple-cdd represents as a piece of software. --ray -----Original Message----- From: Vagrant Cascadian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:45 PM To: debian-custom@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: linux-image issue On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 09:44:48PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have run simple-cdd as follows: > > # build-simple-cdd --profiles-udeb-dist sid --dist etch --local-packages > /full/path/to/pkgsdir > This as I understand it should have build an iso based on the default > profile... That said, I added the linux-image pkg I am trying to get > installed... just to see if I could get it on the iso only.. and not get > installed, I only added it to the default.downloads file. I added no d-i > command to the preseed or anything other packages to the default.packages > file.. thanks for this information. do you get the same error when running without including --local-packages ? have you re-built with a fresh mirror? i.e. wiped out $your_simple_cdd_workdir/tmp and started over? > As usual I was able to build yet another iso that fails on 'unpacking > required packages.' The thing that's bugging me is I had thought that adding > it to the profile.downloads would get the pkg from my --local-packages dir > and put it on the iso, not try to install it.. what's the priority set on the custom linux-image package? lesspipe linux-image*.deb | egrep -i priority live well, vagrant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
