Bug#1030254: debvm: Please support "--variant=custom" VMs

2023-02-09 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Johannes, On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 03:03:58PM +0100, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues wrote: > I think this boils down to deciding whether or not you want systemd > specifically or not. If you don't (and I'd like that because I want to use > debvm to work even on snapshot.d.o timestamps from

Bug#1030254: debvm: Please support "--variant=custom" VMs

2023-02-08 Thread Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues
Hi, Quoting Helmut Grohne (2023-02-03 10:17:44) > On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 09:16:52PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > > (The `--include=init` option should also be avoided for custom images.) > > > > I distill that this is the actual request and retitle the bug > > accordingly. > > This is less

Bug#1030254: debvm: Please support "--variant=custom" VMs

2023-02-03 Thread Jochen Sprickerhof
Hi Helmut, * Helmut Grohne [2023-02-03 10:17]: Should we change --include=init to --include=systemd-sysv? Yes. Then we're into adding a skip option. I'd call it "initsystem" or "systemd" depending on the previous answer. I prefer "initsystem" in case we want to change the specific one

Bug#1030254: debvm: Please support "--variant=custom" VMs

2023-02-03 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 09:16:52PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > (The `--include=init` option should also be avoided for custom images.) > > I distill that this is the actual request and retitle the bug > accordingly. This is less obvious than it initially seems, so I'm also requesting

Bug#1030254: debvm: Please support "--variant=custom" VMs

2023-02-01 Thread Helmut Grohne
Control: retitle -1 allow not installing the init package Hi Gioele, On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 06:17:05PM +0100, Gioele Barabucci wrote: > Currently debvm unconditionally creates images using `--variant=apt`. This > is OK for most usages, but prevents the use of debvm for the creation of > test

Bug#1030254: debvm: Please support "--variant=custom" VMs

2023-02-01 Thread Gioele Barabucci
Package: debvm Version: 0.2.6 Severity: wishlist Currently debvm unconditionally creates images using `--variant=apt`. This is OK for most usages, but prevents the use of debvm for the creation of test VMs that, for example, do not contain all essential packages. `mmdebstrap` provides the