Re: build-simple-cdd with --conf myconf.conf and --profiles myprofile doesn't seem to work

[Danny Brown <danbrwn@gmail.com>]

Found a solution! Place the myprofile.packages, myprofile.preseed
etc... in /usr/share/simple-cdd/profiles directory.
put myprofile.conf in my-simple-cdd where you run the command from.
Add files you want copied over to the image in all_extras="". Add your
profile name to profiles="". Run like build-simple-cdd
--profiles-udeb-dist sid --conf myprofile.conf.
Only tried this with one file in the
all_extras="/complete/path/to/yourfile".  But it included it in the
dvd image as /simple-cdd/myfile. Also under the same directory is the
myprofile.preseed, myprofile.postinst.....

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Danny Brown <danbrwn@gmail.com> wrote:
> command line
> build-simple-cdd --profiles-udeb-dist sid --conf myconf.conf
> --profiles myprofile. I know that either --conf ... or --profiles
> myprofile, when selected alone will work but not together. Is this
> allowed? if not how to id do the --profiles part in myconf.conf. Also,
> does the all_extras='"" switch work as described in the advanced
> sample for the configuration? I've also tried putting 'myprofile' in
> profiles="myprofile". Any help would be greatly appreciated. The
> specific things in my profile I created that I need included in the
> .conf file if simple-cdd can't handle --conf and --profiles is
> .preseed, .packages, .postinst
>
> myconf is being read because simple-cdd pulls from ftp.egr.msu.edu as
> directed only in the myconf.conf
>
> myconf.conf
>
> # simple-cdd.conf minimal configuration file
>
> # Note: this is only an example, it is recommended to only add configuration
> # values as you need them.
>
> # Profiles to include on the CD
> profiles=""
> #profiles="x-basic ltsp"
>
> # set default locale
> locale="en_US"
>
> # Mirror tools
> # mirror_tools="wget reprepro"
>
> # Mirror variables
> server="ftp.egr.msu.edu"
> debian_mirror="http://$server/debian/";
> wget_debian_mirror="ftp://$server/debian/";
> rsync_debian_mirror="$server::debian"
>
> # Mirror for security updates
> #   Expects security updates to be in dists/DEBIAN_DIST/updates
> security_mirror="http://security.debian.org/";
>
> # Extra mirror
> #   May only work when using reprepro as mirror tool
> #debian_mirror_extra="http://example.com/debian/";
>
> # Components to include
> #mirror_components="main contrib non-free"
>
> # Extra files to include onto the CD
> #   These will get copied to /simple-cdd dir on the CD
> all_extras=""
>
> # Generate a simple package repository on the CD with the debs cited
> #   Please insert full paths.
> local_packages=""
>