On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:17:37 +0100
Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 05:53:19PM +0930, Karl Goetz wrote:
> >Hi all,
>
> Hey Karl,
>
> >I have two questions about configuration options in CONF.sh, and a
> >statement in the README.
> >
> >The two options are these:
> >
> ># Set this if the recommended packages should be skipped when adding
> ># package on the CD. The default is 'false'.
> >export NORECOMMENDS=1
> >
> ># Set this if the suggested packages should be skipped when adding
> ># package on the CD. The default is 'true'.
> >#export NOSUGGESTS=1
> >
> >does 'the default' here refer to the debian-cd backend, or to what
> >the config is meant to say? both of these were modifed (first
> >uncommented, second commented) without any related changes to the
> >codebase, and no particular reason given in the commit message. As
> >it stands i find it rather confusing, so any help here would be
> >great.
>
> The "default" statement in each case means what the code will do if
> the values are not set via CONF.sh. The backend code in
> tools/sort_deps reads:
>
> my $norecommends = $ENV{'NORECOMMENDS'} || 0;
> my $nosuggests = $ENV{'NOSUGGESTS'} || 1;
>
> Please feel free to add a patch to clarify the comments if you
> like.
I was wondering if changing these to share a default at the same time
would be acceptable?
kk
> >The README question should be easier: Is the following text still
> >true?
> >
> >How to build a CD set - step by step
> >====================================
> >
> >If you haven't already, change to the /usr/share/debian-cd/ directory
> >(or, alternatively, set the variable BASEDIR in CONF.sh to point
> >there).
>
> Yup, both should work. Setting BASEDIR is probably the best thing,
> though - that's how we use the code day to day.
>
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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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