Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:11:29 +0200 From: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> To: Faraz Vahedi <kfv@kfv.io> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: poudriere-image(8) and the required /usr/freebsd-dist files for installation Message-ID: <20220328121129.0abf16e6518d8daba5c7712c@bidouilliste.com> In-Reply-To: <20220328093722.a6rgj4hqtspphxz7@x1> References: <20220328093722.a6rgj4hqtspphxz7@x1>
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Hi, On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:37:22 +0000 Faraz Vahedi <kfv@kfv.io> wrote: > Greetings hackers, > > I have heard a lot about the poudriere-image(8), and it seems to be > widely used despite maturity. > > I gave it a try, and it indeed works fantastically. But there are a > few things I could not yet find a proper way to resolve. The most > important one is that the final image does not contain the required > /usr/freebsd-dist files, and therefore it either should fetch them > or fails to proceed with the installation. > > How would you handle it when the ``packagelist'' is provided and > you cannot fetch and overlay the files from upstream? > > I appreciate any help. Cheers. > > Respectfully, > Faraz The goal for poudriere-image was never to be able to provide installer images. The only goal is to provide live image that can be booted from usb, network, or directly dd on a disk. Cheers, -- Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>
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