Re: [PATCH] scripts/package: snap-pkg target

2017-09-08 Thread Paolo Pisati
Apologise for the late reply. On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 2:02 AM, Jim Davis wrote: > > Once I fed the snap into ubuntu-image, after hunting down a plausible > model file, I did get an image file that booted under qemu. I guess > if you're in the know about snap (and I don't include myself in that >

Re: [PATCH] scripts/package: snap-pkg target

2017-07-19 Thread Riku Voipio
On 10 July 2017 at 17:59, Paolo Pisati wrote: > Following in footsteps of other targets like 'deb-pkg, 'rpm-pkg' and > 'tar-pkg', > this patch adds a 'snap-pkg' target for the creation of a Linux kernel snap > package using the kbuild infrastructure. > > A snap, in its general form, is a self con

Re: [PATCH] scripts/package: snap-pkg target

2017-07-18 Thread Jim Davis
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Paolo Pisati wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Jim Davis wrote: >>> >>> For more information on snap packages: https://snapcraft.io/docs/ >> >> Is this something a user could do with the existing deb target, and >> then running deb2snap? > > No, the kerne

Re: [PATCH] scripts/package: snap-pkg target

2017-07-10 Thread Paolo Pisati
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Jim Davis wrote: >> >> For more information on snap packages: https://snapcraft.io/docs/ > > Is this something a user could do with the existing deb target, and > then running deb2snap? No, the kernel snap is a special case, it requires communication with the stor

Re: [PATCH] scripts/package: snap-pkg target

2017-07-10 Thread Jim Davis
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 7:59 AM, Paolo Pisati wrote: > eg. Ubuntu Core, and it's subsequent upgrades. its > > For more information on snap packages: https://snapcraft.io/docs/ Is this something a user could do with the existing deb target, and then running deb2snap? -- Jim

[PATCH] scripts/package: snap-pkg target

2017-07-10 Thread Paolo Pisati
Following in footsteps of other targets like 'deb-pkg, 'rpm-pkg' and 'tar-pkg', this patch adds a 'snap-pkg' target for the creation of a Linux kernel snap package using the kbuild infrastructure. A snap, in its general form, is a self contained, sandboxed, universal package and it is intended to