Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have been asked to write copies of the GPL CDs which will be > distributed to all the public libraries in our province. It would be > nice to be able to provide CDs with SRPMs also. > > > I have tried to use mkcd to do this, but have not had much > luck. Unfortunately I found out yesterday that the CDs will be > collected from me today, so I can't spend much more time trying to > figure it out. > > > Could someone tell me how to make SRPM CDs assuming I have a full > Mandrake 8.2 mirror (which I do). > > > Would it not be an idea to distribute the config file used to build > the official ISOs (just enough to make the GPL ISOs and the SRPM ISOs) > in the release? (or is this a chicken-and-egg problem?).
Well, the simpliest for sources rpm is to just build iso with mkisofs. There are no particular needs regarding their repartition or such. Just separe them in 650 MB (or whatever your CD size is) and make ISO (mkisofs -r -J -o srpm1.iso /PATH/SRPMS1). Alternatives are, first, use the auto mode of mkcd with the sources option: mkcd -a -s --noisolinux /cooker /contrib/RPMS /cooker/SRPMS /contrib/SRPMS or something like that, and you will get CDs with sources included (the present sources mode separate each CDs half with RPMS, half with SRPMS, I will had a switch to put SRPMS in separate disk, it is quite easy to implement). And second, create your own config file (use examples in the misc/doc dir on CDs). -- Warly
