After some good help, I've managed to bend the stable debian-installer into compiling for the hppa arch.
There were a few changes made to the config files and debian rules files to enable to an unofficial build based off my unofficial repo.
I am very thankful for the constructive advise given by Jose which was priceless.
Thanks Mike Hosken
On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:24 PM, Mike Hosken <mikeph@csystems.co.nz> wrote:
Thank you for you assistance. I'll give these a try and get back to you.
Mike Hosken
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On 18/07/2017, at 22:32, Jose R R <Jose.r.r@metztli-it.com> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Mike Hosken <mikeph@csystems.co.nz> wrote:
Let's try this again.
I am trying to build stable install images for HPPA. I have built 'sid'
images previously from Debian ports.
The troubles I'm having is when I build the installer -
It says while building that my mirror appears invalid and will not use it.
When using the git checkout it gives two errors while building. The invalid
mirror and it's the wrong kernel, as in not the stable but testing.
I am hoping someone can help me with these questions.
Is there a git repo for the stable installer ? If so how do I check it out
As far as I know, git is only for unstable Debian-Installer (d-i)
? Or do I use the source package in stretch.
*also*
To wean out any potential Debian-Installer (d-i) dependencies
errors/issues, please do as below commands:
apt-get install debian-installer
apt-get build-dep debian-installer
then (if not already there) cd to your d-i directory created at your
file system location where you executed:
apt-get source debian-installer
and do:
dpkg-checkbuilddeps
Install any dependencies output to your screen and...
repeat above command until there are no more dependency issues.
References:
< https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Build >
Additionally, please consider the use of a virtual machine where to
test your images; it allows peeking inside the installer environment
to check/verify what's going on. tty CTRL +ALT + F4 (in Linux/AMD64 --
but I don't know in HPPA) will output useful info, giving you hints on
what snags may prevent success of your d-i effort.
If you are building on *and* for (stable) Stretch on HPPA,
apt-get update
apt-get source -d debian-installer
What changes do I need to make ( in the source code) to get Debian-Installer
when building to trust my unofficial but signed repo to download the udebs
etc.
Please look in
d-i/build/config/common
OR (dirty but works)
If you are only downloading your kernel & modules you may do a hack in
source of:
< https://packages.debian.org/stretch/base-installer >
and rebuild the udeb(s) and place them under
d-i/build/localudebs/
Might also work (have not tested) by
doing a hack in source -- by adding your mirror to be listed:
< https://packages.debian.org/stretch/choose-mirror >
and rebuild the udeb(s) and place them under
d-i/build/localudebs/
*Add* name of created UDEBs in proper format into list:
d-i/build/pkg-lists/[directory image]/*cfg
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Good Luck!
Best Professional Regards.
--
Jose R R
http://metztli.it
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