Re: zsync support for jessie but not for stretch

2017-07-24 Thread Jeff Epler
I can't speak about how debian's system of mirrors might affect zsync, but for linuxcnc's images I've seen substantial savings with zsync, typically 80-85% reduced data transfer when downloading the next .iso image. One thing I just discovered is that zsync apparently can't handle https: URLs!

Bug#869379: Images created without pulling in from 'updates' and 'security' repos

2017-07-22 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 09:43:40PM +0100, Phil Wyett wrote: > Images created without pulling in from 'updates' and 'security' repos. > > This leaves images very out of date. Images should have all the latest > packages. In linuxcnc's stretch image, I compensate for this in customise.sh by adding

Re: Topic of this list (was: live-build: how to include .deb files not in any repository?)

2017-07-21 Thread Jeff Epler
I apologize for not taking care to understand the question being asked before I responded. Please understand that I was trying to be helpful to a fellow Debian user. Jeff

Re: live-build: how to include .deb files not in any repository?

2017-07-20 Thread Jeff Epler
[re-sent with a copy to the list] On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 11:28:43AM -0400, PICCORO McKAY Lenz wrote: > i build a live but only using official repositories > > i want to install two packages manually two deb files? how? You can do this via the "customise" script. If your lwr has a

[PATCH] Allow preseeding the installer

2017-07-20 Thread Jeff Epler
--- We use this when building the LinuxCNC live image to preseed the root-login to false (root via sudo) and to add "dialout" to the default group list (to give access to serial hardware such as MODBUS devices) lwr/bootloader.py | 7 --- lwr/run.py| 13 +++-- 2 files

[PATCH] Allow setting kernel image to use

2017-07-20 Thread Jeff Epler
--- We are using this patch to build LinuxCNC live images, because we need features available only in the "-rt" kernel. lwr/run.py | 6 +- lwr/vm.py | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lwr/run.py b/lwr/run.py index bef34c0..1f28ab6 100644 ---

Re: Proposed: 0.6nmu2 - roll up + 1 new fix - debdiff attached

2017-07-14 Thread Jeff Epler
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 06:19:06AM +0100, Phil Wyett wrote: Hi, To roll up all the patches I have sent to the list. Attached is a nmu2 debdiff that addresses what was included in previous emails [...] Looks good, thank you! Jeff

Bug#867282: live-wrapper: Lacks dependency on squashfs-tools

2017-07-05 Thread Jeff Epler
Package: live-wrapper Version: 0.6+nmu1 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 3.5 Dear Maintainer, Hi. after installing live-wrapper with --no-install-recommends, it does not function properly, eventually issuing an error that /tmp/.../live can not be found. I believe that this is because it

Re: GNU/Hurd

2017-07-03 Thread Jeff Epler
[re-sent on list, apologies for the duplicate] On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 08:57:31AM +0200, Narcis Garcia wrote: Can I follow some procedure that drives me to build a Hurd kernel based Debian-Live? I don't think this works at present. You would start with something like: $ sudo lwr -o