Re: Stretch release testing - up to and including Saturday 17th June

2017-06-14 Thread Nick Bailey
On Wednesday, 14 June 2017 14:42:21 BST Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hey folks, > > Stretch is coming! \o/ \o/ > > We're going to be working on the Stretch release images on Saturday, > starting as soon as the ftpmasters and release team have done their > work. Andy and I are going to do as much test

Re: I'm not dead yet! (with apologies to Monty Python)

2015-11-13 Thread Nick Bailey
...and I am very glad! On Friday 13 November 2015 08:27:23 Ben Armstrong wrote: > So please, everyone who is anxious about what happens in the coming > months, remain calm about this and let's not spread disinformation. If > the Debian CD team succeeds in their efforts and produces a replacement >

Re: An abrupt End to Debian Live

2015-11-13 Thread Nick Bailey
I whole-heartedly agree with Michael. It all gives the impression that there is an emerging bourgeoisie who would rather obstruct something than not control it. This concerns me, as a righteous proletarian. I thought FOSS was all about working code, and permitting other people to build on that

Bug#657550: Further info: use of debconf-set-selections in hook also ineffective

2012-01-28 Thread Nick Bailey
As an additional test I had the following executable script in the chroot by placing it in config/hooks/500-add-user-to-iocard-group.chroot 8< #!/bin/sh echo echo "NB: live-config hook: adding user to group iocard" cmd="user-setup passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom dip floppy vide

Bug#657550: live-build: Using preseed to set user default groups fails

2012-01-26 Thread Nick Bailey
Package: live-build Version: 3.0~a42-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? Attempting to add a default group for the live user as per section 494/5 of the manual http://live.debian.net/manual/html/live-manual.en.html#494 fails * What exactly did you do (or

Re: [SOLVED] Adding default user to some other groups

2012-01-26 Thread Nick Bailey
I have attempted to get to the bottom of the preseed file being ignored, and have failed to do so. I've submitted a bug report explaining what I tried, which wasn't a great deal because I don't really understand how debconf works. The addition of a file in /lib/live/config which adds user to a no

[SOLVED] Adding default user to some other groups

2012-01-22 Thread Nick Bailey
Thank you all (and particularly chals) for your suggestions as to how to add the default user to an additional group. Using 3.0~a42-1, I can report the following. Preseeding -- Doesn't work. Test: in config/preseed/user-groups.preseed.chroot, user-setup passwd/user-default-grou

Preseed file ignored when adding user to other groups

2012-01-21 Thread Nick Bailey
ks using a chroot include? My understanding is that this would get executed at boot time if the boot parameter hooks=filesystem was supplied. Is that right? Thanks, Nick/. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 06:28:01PM +, Nick Bailey wrote: > Sorry to reply to my own post, but just found this: > > h

Re: Adding user to some other groups

2012-01-20 Thread Nick Bailey
Sorry to reply to my own post, but just found this: http://live.debian.net/manual/html/live-manual.en.html#495 So it might be user-setup rather than debconf... off to try it now! Nick/. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 06:19:42PM +, Nick Bailey wrote: > Thanks intrigeri and Ronny for the poin

Re: Adding user to some other groups

2012-01-20 Thread Nick Bailey
ashed. I don't understand what's going on here :P Nick/. On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 07:10:10PM +0100, intrigeri wrote: > Hi, > > Nick Bailey wrote (13 Jan 2012 16:34:02 GMT) : > > It would be great if I could think of a way to add user to group > > iocard > > $ c

Re: Adding user to some other groups

2012-01-20 Thread Nick Bailey
missed the point of the manual page entry...? Nick/. On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:28:01PM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > On 01/13/2012 05:34 PM, Nick Bailey wrote: > > Is there a good way to do this > > see man live-config for live-config >=3.0~a31. > > -- > Address:

Info: ALSA differences between live and standard debian desktop install

2012-01-20 Thread Nick Bailey
Just in case anybody else is having trouble with large audio latency on Debian Live-Build platforms, could I proffer the following observation? I am building a live usb key which contains copies of various audio and music applications for emperical musicology. One of the simpler ones is a physical

Adding user to some other groups

2012-01-13 Thread Nick Bailey
Hello, I'm building a live usb stick which uses some Comedi hardware. the Comedi drivers produce device nodes with group "iocard" having read/write perms. It would be great if I could think of a way to add user to group iocard, but making a chroot hook with adduser user iocard won't work - beca

Re: Using live-build and apt caching behind a proxy

2011-11-21 Thread Nick Bailey
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 03:31:28PM +0100, intrigeri wrote: > hi, > > Nick Bailey wrote (18 Nov 2011 16:11:27 GMT) : > > Hi, I'm trying to build a live hdd image for distribution on USB key > > with some of our software and an ability to install a debian syst

Using live-build and apt caching behind a proxy

2011-11-18 Thread Nick Bailey
t;;; auto/config below. (I'm aware it's overspecified, but I've tried a lot of different combinations!) having localhost:3142 everywhere works, except that it ends up in the image of course. I can apt-get update/upgrade the building machine fine with the above apt Acquire settings.

Bad list expansion in lb_binary_package_lists

2011-11-18 Thread Nick Bailey
Version 3.0~a38-1: file live/build/scripts/build/lb_binary_packagelists About line 60. There's maybe a missing test after the expansion into LIST? for LIST in config/package-lists/*.list \ config/package-lists/*.list.binary do --->if [ -e "${LIST}

Re: Syslinux installation fails with

2011-11-11 Thread Nick Bailey
Jason Heeris gmail.com> writes: > > I'm running Debian Wheezy/Sid, with live-build 3.0~a34-1. The config > command I use is: > > $ LB_PARENT_ARCHIVE_AREAS="main contrib non-free" lb config -b usb-hdd > --distribution wheezy --archive-areas "main contrib non-free" > --parent-mirror-bootstrap ht