Hi, Thanks Yi for the email and the work on mic2.
I have a question regarding the new version: what is the version number? I ask because I am using mic2 from git and the git tag says 0.24.7 but calling mic2-image-creator --version says 0.24.4 while the announced release is 0.24.5. Thanks, Jeremiah On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Yi Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, all > > mic2 0.24.5 is available in http://repo.meego.com/MeeGo/tools/repos/, this > release used a new package manager 'zypp' but yum is still available for > transition. The last mic2 version you saw in tools repo is 0.22.13, but > we have had many transitional versions, 0.23.0, 0.24.0, 0.24.1, 0.24.2 > , 0.24.3, 0.24.4, 0.24.5 for supporting zypp, from 0.23.0, we had basic > zypp support, so if you're using 0.23.0 and later versions, you must > have a file /etc/sysconfig/proxy on your system if you need to use proxy > to access internet, the sample file for it is at the end, just for reference, > you need to replace proxy link with your real proxy. Moreover, proxy > environment variables are still necessary for mic2, the reason is zypp > used /etc/sysconfig/proxy to get proxy info, but other components in mic2 > are still use urlgrabber to get packages and repo metadata. > > Here are detailed steps to make it work normally for you: > > #1. Touch/Change /etc/sysconfig/proxy on your system > > If you don't need proxy to access internet, you can ignore this step. > > #2. Remove the old bootstrap > > mic2 provided a command mic-rm-chroot-dir, it can help you remove your > bootstap > very safely. > > $ sudo mic-rm-chroot-dir <your-bootstrap-dir> > > The default bootstrap dir is /var/cache/meego-bootstrap > > #3. Ensure you have configured proxy in /etc/mic2/mic2.conf or environment > variables. > > Generally, you can get proxy environment variables in terminal if you have > configured system proxy in your system UI, but you also need to add > > Defaults env_keep += " no_proxy http_proxy https_proxy" > > to /etc/sudoers in order that proxy environment variables can be delivered to > sudo command. > > Or you can set proxy in /etc/mic2/mic2.conf, in section [main], add the below > two > lines: > > proxy=http://proxy.yourcompany.com:8888/ > no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.0/8,.yourcompany.com > > you need to change proxy.yourcompany.com:8888 and .yourcompany.com according > to > your network. > > #4. Set use_comps to 0 in /etc/mic2/mic2.conf > > This mic2 will use patterns by default, but in the old mic2.conf, it was set > to > 1, that means it will use comps by default, so you need to edit your > /etc/mic2/mic2.conf manually and ensure use_comps is 0. > > This official public release used zypp as a new package manager for the first > time, so if you find any issue, please file a bug on MeeGo bugzilla without > hesitation, you also can fall back to the old package manager using > --pkgmgr=yum > option to work around zypp-specific issues. > > Main features: > * Added zypp package manager > * Support package manager switch using --pkgmgr=yum or pkgmgr=zypp > * Support chroot raw image with btrfs > * Added armv7hl and armv7nhl architectures > * Enable active flag for partition in kickstart > * Added raw image chroot support > * Allow to read all the options from config file > * Read options from kickstart magic line > * Order bind mount points > * Enable bootstrap mode for ARM image > * Bind mount local packages path to bootstrap > * Clean up yum garbage info > * Use patterns by default > * Add a new vertical 'tv' > * Comply with ignoremissing option in kickstart > * Exit when run mode is set to 0 on non-fedora and non-mmego systems > * Cache source packages > * Preload the required kernel modules before entering bootstrap > > Bug fixes: > Bug 10313 - mic-image-creator (> 0.22.2) > Bug 4808 - mic2 doesn't accept --includepkgs or --excludepkgs for multiple > packages (x,y) in repo lines > Bug 11405 - mic-chroot(0.23.0)could not create image file > Bug 11866 - MIC2 0.24.0 cann't create arm image on Fedora 13 > Bug 11867 - Get a error output "Failed to unmap partitions for > '/dev/loop2'" > Bug 12125 - TypeError: 'Url' object is unsubscriptable > Bug 12127 - 0.22.9 blocked after create core-armv7l image on bootstrap mode > Bug 12773 - Pointer printed to architecture field while using zypp as > package manager > Bug 12774 - Pointers printed while using zypp as package manager > Bug 11051 - genisoimage support > Bug 13391 - mic2 will print inacceptable error info on running 'mic' or > 'mic --version' on openSUSE > Bug 7277 - Support overwrite volume id in iso file > Bug 10115 - --include-source option failed with -t and -o options > Bug 12872 - Rename zypper packagemanager to zypp > Bug 13659 - mic2 will not run, errors out after version output > Bug 13643 - during an ARM build mic spills out a lot of messages > Bug 13644 - Mic2 prints out error even when build is finished fine > > > FYI > === > MeeGo Compliance Tool: > http://meego.gitorious.org/meego-developer-tools/meego-compliance-tools > MeeGo Compliance Tool Document: http://wiki.meego.com/Quality/ComplianceTools > > Released by mic2 team > ===================== > Documentation: http://wiki.meego.com/Image_Creation > Project home: http://meego.gitorious.org/meego-developer-tools/image-creator > Git tree: git://gitorious.org/meego-developer-tools/image-creator.git > Bugzilla: > http://bugs.meego.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Development%20Tools&component=MIC%20(Image%20Creator) > Development & Release Processes: > http://wiki.meego.com/MIC2_Development_Release_Processes > Maillist: http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-distribution-tools > > #### /etc/sysconfig/proxy sample #### > ## Path: Network/Proxy > ## Description: > ## Type: yesno > ## Default: no > ## Config: kde,profiles > # > # Enable a generation of the proxy settings to the profile. > # This setting allows to turn the proxy on and off while > # preserving the particular proxy setup. > # > PROXY_ENABLED="yes" > > ## Type: string > ## Default: "" > # > # Some programs (e.g. lynx, arena and wget) support proxies, if set in > # the environment. SuSEconfig can add these environment variables to > # /etc/SuSEconfig/* (sourced by /etc/profile etc.) - > # See http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/1998/01/lynx_proxy.html for more details. > # Example: HTTP_PROXY="http://proxy.provider.de:3128/"; > HTTP_PROXY="http://proxy.yourcompany.com:8888/"; > > ## Type: string > ## Default: "" > # > # Some programs (e.g. lynx, arena and wget) support proxies, if set in > # the environment. SuSEconfig can add these environment variables to > # /etc/SuSEconfig/* (sourced by /etc/profile etc.) - > # this setting is for https connections > HTTPS_PROXY="http://proxy.yourcompany.com:8888/"; > > ## Type: string > ## Default: "" > # > # Example: FTP_PROXY="http://proxy.provider.de:3128/"; > # > FTP_PROXY="http://proxy.yourcompany.com:8888/"; > > ## Type: string > ## Default: "" > # > # Example: GOPHER_PROXY="http://proxy.provider.de:3128/"; > # > GOPHER_PROXY="" > > ## Type: string(localhost) > ## Default: localhost > # > # Example: NO_PROXY="www.me.de, do.main, localhost" > # > NO_PROXY="localhost, 127.0.0.1, .yourcompany.com" > > #### /etc/sysconfig/proxy sample #### > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev > http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- ============================================= Jeremiah C. 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