[PATCH] support live image dumping
Allows to dump a live image skiping the changes required to make it a
regular system. Set live-installer/dump_only to true, to enable it.
---
packages/live-installer/debian/changelog | 3 +++
.../live-installer/debian/live-installer.templates | 7 +++++++
packages/live-installer/debian/postinst | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/packages/live-installer/debian/changelog b/packages/live-installer/debian/changelog
index c8f0f36..bc8c2e2 100644
--- a/packages/live-installer/debian/changelog
+++ b/packages/live-installer/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ live-installer (4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
[ Otavio Salvador ]
* Clean up postinst to remove unused variables.
+ * Add support to dump a live image skiping the changes required to make
+ it a regular system. Set live-installer/dump_only to true, to enable
+ it.
-- Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:28:00 +0100
diff --git a/packages/live-installer/debian/live-installer.templates b/packages/live-installer/debian/live-installer.templates
index d76a4eb..9e0cce9 100644
--- a/packages/live-installer/debian/live-installer.templates
+++ b/packages/live-installer/debian/live-installer.templates
@@ -23,3 +23,10 @@ Type: boolean
Default: true
Description: for internal use; can be preseeded
If false, uses base-installer for installation
+
+Template: live-installer/dump_only
+Type: boolean
+Default: false
+Description: for internal use; can be preseeded
+ If true, it will dump the live image but won't do the needed changes
+ to make it a regular system
diff --git a/packages/live-installer/debian/postinst b/packages/live-installer/debian/postinst
index fec6cf8..2afdf72 100755
--- a/packages/live-installer/debian/postinst
+++ b/packages/live-installer/debian/postinst
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ install_live_system () {
IFS=$OLD_IFS
done
+ # if we're dumping it, we need to set init=live
+ if db_get live-installer/dump_only && [ "$RET" = true ]; then
+ db_set debian-installer/add-kernel-opts "init=live"
+ return
+ fi
+
# run the scripts found in hook directory after copying the system
partsdir="/usr/lib/live-installer.d"
if [ -d "$partsdir" ]; then
--
1.5.4.3
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