On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 08:09:32PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > with the new plugins system, it may be difficult to document all > possible options in the man page, especially since other packages could > add options, and options available for debian and ubuntu differ. but the > core functionality should be properly documented in the manpage, and > maybe we can refer to (and improve) the --help output for a complete > list of options?
Yeah, that would be fine. > thanks for your patch. i will try and apply it or something similar > (though in the future, please submit patches using "diff -u"). Oups. I always use "-u" (see the previous patch), but for some reason I forgot about it this time. Here is the patch again.
--- ltsp-build-client.orig.8 2006-09-04 01:51:48.000000000 +0200 +++ ltsp-build-client.8 2006-09-04 01:51:48.000000000 +0200 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ltsp-build-client \(em Builds an LTSP client system for use with the LTSP server .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP -\fBltsp-build-client\fR [\-\-root ] [\-\-dist ] [\-\-components ] [\-\-mirror ] [\-\-extra-mirror ] [\-\-security-mirror ] [\-\-exclude ] [\-\-early-packages ] [\-\-late-packages ] [\-\-serial-console ] [\-\-arch ] [\-\-debconf-seeds ] [\-\-apt-keys ] [\-\-help ] +\fBltsp-build-client\fR [\-\-base ] [\-\-dist ] [\-\-components ] [\-\-config ] [\-\-mirror ] [\-\-early-mirror ] [\-\-extra-mirror ] [\-\-security-mirror ] [\-\-exclude ] [\-\-early-packages ] [\-\-late-packages ] [\-\-serial-console ] [\-\-arch ] [\-\-debconf-seeds ] [\-\-prompt-rootpass ] [\-\-apt-keys ] [\-\-accept-unsigned-packages ] [\-\-debug ] [\-\-help ] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fBltsp-build-client\fR uses the ubuntu archive mirrors in order to @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ can be overridden using the command line options. Visit http://www.ltsp.org for more information .SH "OPTIONS" -.IP "\fB\-\-root\fP \fIrootpath\fR" 10 +.IP "\fB\-\-base\fP \fIbasepath\fR" 10 Sets the default path for the ltsp chroot to be installed into, default /opt/ltsp/\fBARCH\fP .IP "\fB\-\-dist\fP \fIdistribution\fR" 10 @@ -24,11 +24,20 @@ Allows a list of archive components to be chosen for download, default main restricted +.IP "\fB\-\-config\fP \fIfile\fR" 10 +Load a user specific configuration file + .IP "\fB\-\-mirror\fP \fImirror_url\fR" 10 Allows a local Ubuntu mirror to be chosen for a faster download, urls like file://cdrom can also be specified here. default http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu +.IP "\fB\-\-early-mirror\fP \fImirror_url dist components\fR" 10 +Adds a mirror which takes priority over the default mirror. This option +can also have dist and component variables associated as demonstrated +above. If no dist and components are specified the defaults are used. +Urls like file://cdrom can also be specified here. + .IP "\fB\-\-extra-mirror\fP \fImirror_url dist components\fR" 10 Sets the inclusion of an extra mirror if downloading pacakges from an alternative location. This option can also have dist and component @@ -62,9 +71,18 @@ .IP "\fB\-\-debconf-seeds\fP" 10 Loads the debconf pre-seeding files into the new chroot environment +.IP "\fB\-\-prompt-rootpass\fP" 10 +Prompt to set the root password, defaults to disabled + .IP "\fB\-\-apt-keys\fP \fIkey1 key2\fR" 10 Specifies keys to add to the apt keyring +.IP "\fB\-\-accept-unsigned-packages\fP" 10 +Allow unsigned packages during install + +.IP "\fB\-\-debug\fP" 10 +Enable debug support + .IP "\fB\-\-help\fP" 10 Displays the ltsp-build-client help message