Re: more debian-installer hooks
I am interested in the firmware issue. too late to expand on my ideas now though
Alex
2008/10/21 Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>:
> Hi,
>
>> or a separate config/binary_debian-installer-includes to work as other
>> -includes, files with full path to be included in the initrd
>
> I think this is the best solution:
>
> * We already have -includes directories, so the concept is familiar.
>
> * It's not magic; it just copies files.
>
> * It covers almost all use cases I can think of, including:
>
> - Overriding random bits of d-i (e.g. #498143)
> - Adding firmware
> - Adding preseed.cfg
> - Modifying graphical d-i theme
>
> * Avoids another difficult-to-name config option ("preseed-initramfs"?).
>
> Some thoughts:
>
> * This doesn't handle the case where you want to remove files or
> programmatically modify things, a necessity where you want to reduce the
> size or make minimal/non-brittle changes to the code.
>
> A hooks directory could thus complement the aforementioned includes
> directory - the semantics of this directory are obvious, which smells
> good IMO.
>
> * I would still prefer to handle binary_debian-installer/preseed.cfg
> seperately - it think it is an acceptable courtesy to automatically
> include it in the initrd when building a netboot image, otherwise we
> surprise people moving to this image type.
>
>> Or I'm open to other suggestions/critics.
>
> This would probably great time for the EEEPC guys to ask what they want,
> even if they don't have the manpower or priority to actually make use of it
> right away.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
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> : :' : Chris Lamb
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