Re: Missing the rescue CD image, what can I do?
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 09:29:29AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> [ Added cc to debian-live ]
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 08:41:33AM +0100, Jose M Calhariz wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
>
> Hi Jose!
>
> >I miss the old rescue images, they were usefull because they had
> >software that is no longer present on the new images, like for example
> >amanda to do bare bones recover from backups. While is possible to
> >use the new images, is a little annoying to have to install the extra
> >software or have to discover the package that have a missing binary.
> >
> >I have cloned the repo debian-cd and I would like some tips to speed
> >up the understanding how much work is needed to reintroduce the rescue
> >images for stretch or buster.
> >
> >I am at DebCamp18 and I am willing to talk with anyone to help to make
> >new rescue images.
>
> The place to be working on this is the live-tasks repo/source package
> [1] first. That's where the tasks are defined for our live builds to
> use. Once there's a task defined there and in the archive, we can add
> it in the live-setup repo [2] so it'll be built regularly alongside
> the images for the graphical desktops.
>
> [1] https://salsa.debian.org/live-team/live-tasks.git
> [2] https://salsa.debian.org:images-team/live-setup.git
>
Just to check I am on the right path. You mean to create a task
like this:
0 9 SSH-AGENT Wed Jul 25 13:23:50 CWD=~/debian_work/cd-images/live-tasks.git
cal@riker[582]>git diff
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b7728a4..a4a2f08 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -357,3 +357,14 @@ Recommends: live-task-localisation,
Description: Live environment support for Mate
This metapackage installs packages and documentation to support the Debian
live Mate environment.
+
+Package: live-task-rescue
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends},
+ live-task-base,
+ live-task-recommended,
+ live-task-extra,
+ amanda-client
+Description: Live environment support for Rescue CD
+ This metapackage installs packages and documentation to support the Debian
+ live Rescue CD.
Kind regards
Jose M Calhariz
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