On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 12:12:36PM -0400, Scott A wrote: >Lets say I have amd64-BD1.iso. Can I use debian cd to build a first 8G iso >from it? > >I took a look at the source code and I believe it is possible but I wanted >to be sure before I really dug into it. > >Can debian-cd build *.jigdo and *.template files without building the iso's >?
Yes, that's exactly what we do for the BD jigdos every week. >Can it do that without a local archive? Nope, that's the hard bit. It needs access to all the needed files. >Where is the code that interfaces with popcon and chops up the repository? Follow the code path through the Makefile - we use the task(s) specified, #including other files as necessary, to generate a list of all the packages that are wanted (rawlist). That's cleaned up (genlist), then we sort dependencies (tools/sort_deps) and make temporary disc trees (tools/make_disc_trees.pl). Once we have the trees made, we run tools/make_image to actually generate the ISO/jigdo images as required. >Can debian-cd play with a mounted iso as the archive (use a mounted BD iso >to make a 15G iso ) or I use apache? file:/ versus http:// >sudo mount -o loop /.../*BD.iso /mnt/debian Potentially, but the code to work that way may have rotted since we don't use it in production. The normal method is to build on the same filesystem as the archive you're using, then you can use hard links. There are also some bits of the archive that we need at runtime that *don't* get put on the CDs/DVDs. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James D. Nicoll -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
