Re: [Cooker] [mkcd] Making SRPM CDs - a bit urgent
On Wed Apr 24 15:36 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: »Ben Reser« sagte am 2002-04-23 um 10:03:39 -0700 : Why ohh why would you want a bootable SRPM CD? Well, uhm, ;) Mandrake Gentoo? -- Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] When it comes down to desperation, You make the best of your situation. Linux 2.4.18-11mdk 9:01am up 2 days, 10:57, 6 users, load average: 0.06, 0.09, 0.16
Re: [Cooker] [mkcd] Making SRPM CDs - a bit urgent
At 09:51 AM 4/24/02, you wrote: On Wed Apr 24 15:36 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: »Ben Reser« sagte am 2002-04-23 um 10:03:39 -0700 : Why ohh why would you want a bootable SRPM CD? Well, uhm, ;) Mandrake Gentoo? Why not Mandrake Sorcerer?
Re: [Cooker] [mkcd] Making SRPM CDs - a bit urgent
On Wed Apr 24 9:58 -0400, David Relson wrote: At 09:51 AM 4/24/02, you wrote: On Wed Apr 24 15:36 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: »Ben Reser« sagte am 2002-04-23 um 10:03:39 -0700 : Why ohh why would you want a bootable SRPM CD? Well, uhm, ;) Mandrake Gentoo? Why not Mandrake Sorcerer? Actually, how difficult would it be to hack up a version of DrakX which, instead of installing binary RPMs, rebuilds SRPMS? -- Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] When it comes down to desperation, You make the best of your situation. Linux 2.4.18-11mdk 10:01am up 2 days, 11:57, 6 users, load average: 0.45, 0.28, 0.20
Re: [Cooker] [mkcd] Making SRPM CDs - a bit urgent
Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed Apr 24 9:58 -0400, David Relson wrote: At 09:51 AM 4/24/02, you wrote: On Wed Apr 24 15:36 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: »Ben Reser« sagte am 2002-04-23 um 10:03:39 -0700 : Why ohh why would you want a bootable SRPM CD? Well, uhm, ;) Mandrake Gentoo? Why not Mandrake Sorcerer? Actually, how difficult would it be to hack up a version of DrakX which, instead of installing binary RPMs, rebuilds SRPMS? maybe the main pb would be to bootstrap the building process and handle errors...
Re: [Cooker] [mkcd] Making SRPM CDs - a bit urgent
If you are in a rush, why not use a gui like gcombust? Most of the time the defaults are enough to get you going, then you can just add the SRPM directory and burn. On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 05:03, Buchan Milne wrote: I have been asked to write copies of the GPL CDs which will be distributed to all the public libraries in our province. It would be nice to be able to provide CDs with SRPMs also. I have tried to use mkcd to do this, but have not had much luck. Unfortunately I found out yesterday that the CDs will be collected from me today, so I can't spend much more time trying to figure it out. Could someone tell me how to make SRPM CDs assuming I have a full Mandrake 8.2 mirror (which I do). Would it not be an idea to distribute the config file used to build the official ISOs (just enough to make the GPL ISOs and the SRPM ISOs) in the release? (or is this a chicken-and-egg problem?). Regards, Buchan -- |Registered Linux User #182071-| Buchan MilneMechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work+27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -- SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpg public key ftp://ftp.p-p-i.com/pub/si-mindspring-pubkey.asc signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [Cooker] [mkcd] Making SRPM CDs - a bit urgent
»SI Reasoning« sagte am 2002-04-23 um 05:16:04 -0500 : If you are in a rush, why not use a gui like gcombust? Most of the time the defaults are enough to get you going, then you can just add the SRPM directory and burn. Well, but then those CDs aren't bootable. And mkcd isn't all that hard to use - if you just want to create binary (ie. not SRPMS) cds. Or it may be easy for SRPMS as well, I just haven't tried it. Anyhow, attached is the script I use for building Cooker CDs from a Cooker mirror - without src.rpms. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.iso-top.de |Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 7 hours 15 minutes BuildCookerIsosMkCDInstalliert.sh Description: Bourne shell script
Re: [Cooker] [mkcd] Making SRPM CDs - a bit urgent
»Buchan Milne« sagte am 2002-04-23 um 12:03:45 +0200 : Could someone tell me how to make SRPM CDs assuming I have a full Mandrake 8.2 mirror (which I do). If you are in such a hurry, I'd use mkcd to build the binary rpm cds and mkisofs for the source discs. Would it not be an idea to distribute the config file used to build the official ISOs (just enough to make the GPL ISOs and the SRPM ISOs) in the release? (or is this a chicken-and-egg problem?). Hm, it would get *quite* messy, I think, because a src.rpm most often not only contains the .tar.bz2 file + .spec file for rpm, but very often also patches, addons and such. This would mean, that you'd get a gazillion of directories. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.iso-top.de |Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 7 hours 18 minutes
Re: [Cooker] [mkcd] Making SRPM CDs - a bit urgent
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:04:16PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: Hm, it would get *quite* messy, I think, because a src.rpm most often not only contains the .tar.bz2 file + .spec file for rpm, but very often also patches, addons and such. This would mean, that you'd get a gazillion of directories. Why .src.rpm's have the software and the patches in them anyway? -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
Re: [Cooker] [mkcd] Making SRPM CDs - a bit urgent
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:01:35PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: Well, but then those CDs aren't bootable. And mkcd isn't all that hard to use - if you just want to create binary (ie. not SRPMS) cds. Or it may be easy for SRPMS as well, I just haven't tried it. Why ohh why would you want a bootable SRPM CD? -- Ben Reser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ben.reser.org What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Ghandi
Re: [Cooker] [mkcd] Making SRPM CDs - a bit urgent
Buchan Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been asked to write copies of the GPL CDs which will be distributed to all the public libraries in our province. It would be nice to be able to provide CDs with SRPMs also. I have tried to use mkcd to do this, but have not had much luck. Unfortunately I found out yesterday that the CDs will be collected from me today, so I can't spend much more time trying to figure it out. Could someone tell me how to make SRPM CDs assuming I have a full Mandrake 8.2 mirror (which I do). Would it not be an idea to distribute the config file used to build the official ISOs (just enough to make the GPL ISOs and the SRPM ISOs) in the release? (or is this a chicken-and-egg problem?). Well, the simpliest for sources rpm is to just build iso with mkisofs. There are no particular needs regarding their repartition or such. Just separe them in 650 MB (or whatever your CD size is) and make ISO (mkisofs -r -J -o srpm1.iso /PATH/SRPMS1). Alternatives are, first, use the auto mode of mkcd with the sources option: mkcd -a -s --noisolinux /cooker /contrib/RPMS /cooker/SRPMS /contrib/SRPMS or something like that, and you will get CDs with sources included (the present sources mode separate each CDs half with RPMS, half with SRPMS, I will had a switch to put SRPMS in separate disk, it is quite easy to implement). And second, create your own config file (use examples in the misc/doc dir on CDs). -- Warly
