Re: common udpkg and uapt-get functionality
Anthony Towns wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 03:39:23PM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> > Not as easy as it should be, i thought another goal was going to be
> > elimination of base.tar.gz, but we arent allowed to use normal debs to
> > build the base,
>
> I thought this too, but it's wrong. base.tgz is made up from real debs,
> .udebs are simply an easier way to make the boot-floppies themselves work.
>
> There'll be, one assumes, an "install-base-tgz.udeb" which will grab a
> base.tgz from somewhere and unpack it into /target.
>
Uggh, spewin, thats ugly.
> I'm toying with an "install-base-deb.udeb" which will instead grab some
> Packages.gz files, and carefully unpack and configure the appropriate
> essential/required and base .debs, using just the tools that'll eventually
> be available as udebs.
>
This seems like the best approach, have you had much success with it?
Glenn
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