[Bug 1126390] Re: The most recent qemu 1.3.0+dfsg-5expubuntu3 has usb redirection disabled
Is there any workaround for people who want it just to be working? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1126390 Title: The most recent qemu 1.3.0+dfsg-5expubuntu3 has usb redirection disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1126390/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 468809] Re: Support adding custom debs from a local apt repository
Actually, --ppa sounds as complicated as --mirror to me. You have to do (too) much effort to build an ppa first. The workaround proposed by Nick sounds better in this respect, but still I think that it has the disadvantage that it is tinkering, because you copy in deb files which - even when you remove them after installation - result in an unclean, not size-optimized image. Summarizing, we have two workarounds: a) using --mirror or --ppa: Leaves image clean, but requires additional setup effort b) using a self-scripted solution: Leaves image unclean, but requires only few additional setup effort What I was thinking about is a solution, that leaves the image clean and requires NO additional setup effort except using the --add-dpkg switch. This would be a very basic but clean solution. Of course, internally it could be combined, i.e. vmbuilder could setup its own ppa, copy the specified deb files there and do rest like if the user provided the --ppa switch him/herself. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to vm-builder in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468809 Title: Support adding custom debs from a local apt repository To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/468809/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 468809] Re: Support adding custom debs from a local apt repository
If I understand this correctly, your patch is only loosely related to the original intention of this bug and the discussion, as it only allows adding items to the sources.list and thus requires a PPA-site or manual copying of .deb-files into the VM? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to vm-builder in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468809 Title: Support adding custom debs from a local apt repository To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/468809/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 468809] Re: Support adding custom debs from a local apt repository
Exactly! The --addpkg switch just adds packages from the repositories, which are specified by --mirror. Therefore only debs from official repositories can be added. Now when I have a package which is not available in any repository (a custom deb), I didn't find a simple way to include it in the built VM, except using one of those workarounds I mentioned. I even don't want to setup an own, local apt repository? I just want to include a filename (or path) in my local filesystem, and have the debs included from there. -- Support adding custom debs from a local apt repository https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to vm-builder in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 468809] Re: Support adding custom debs from a local apt repository
Ok - I didn't know this option did exist (the documentation is incomplete, but this has been already reported). The proposed solution sounds better than my initial workaround thoughts, but still it sounds like tinkering. I would have to script copying the files into the filesystem, chrooting into it and then running dpkg for installing them. Does it really makes sense to re-implement this? I mean, vm-builder does already the same, just limited to packages available on the mirror. -- Support adding custom debs from a local apt repository https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to vm-builder in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
[Bug 468809] [NEW] Support adding custom debs
Public bug reported: Currently, I see no way for adding custom DEB-packages to a VM when building it with ubuntu-vm-builder. I thought of two workarounds for this problem: - use apt-proxy to create a local mirror first, include the packages there (which involves creating an own package site since only ftp, http and rsync are supported) and pass --mirror to ubuntu-vm-builder - mount the VM archive afterwards (using i.e. vmware-mount.pl), chroot into it and makes the changes within the image. Apart from the annoying scripting work, you have to make sure the packages are removed from apt's cache after installation. Even if you do so it, results in a larger image size, so you would need to shrink the resulting image again. Both workarounds are not satisfying, therefore I wish ubuntu-vm-builder would support a --add-dpkg option as well. ** Affects: vm-builder (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Support adding custom debs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/468809 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to vm-builder in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
