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Re: What am I doing wrong?



2010/12/12 Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>:
> On 12/11/2010 09:38 AM, Marcos Barbosa wrote:
>>
>> Read the manpage about option "-d". The correct use is not set to
>> "mydistro" but use "debian" or "ubuntu".
>
> maybe you should look at the manpage before you tell others to do so. -m and
> -d are not the same.
>
> to the problem itself: live-build currently doesn't support random
> codenames, as we depend on this for running certain hacks to make images
> possible. so if you build your own distribution, you should, if it's a
> subset of debian use the same codename, or, if it's a new thing, you should
> introduce a new mode for it.

Sorry Daniel, but I don't understand -d and -m options

========<cut>==============
--mode debian|emdebian|ubuntu
 defines a global mode to load project specific defaults. By default
this is set to debian.

-d|--distribution CODENAME
 defines the distribution of the resulting live system.
========<end cut>==============

This is not clear for me.

is ubuntu a debian project on live-build parlance?

I understand -d is the codename. If I "create" a new distro
(mydistro), is the codename  mydistro or a mode??? I don't understand
the concepts.

Why is ubuntu a mode not a codename (distribution) ?

If I need other mode (mydistromode), what I have to do?

Yes, I needed to do some links (ln -fs
/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/squeeze
/usr/share/debootstrap/scripts/mydistro) and the version hack above
but It is running, I think.

The question :

 I will have a local repository, obtained with reprepro, with my
distribution (mydistro squeeze based firstly) and I will have a live
USB. What is the best way to proceed?

Do I have create a new mode (mydistromode) similar approach to ubuntu mode ?

When I use the -m option to "ubuntu", I have to put the option -d
squeeze or -d maverick?

To many questions?

Sorry and thanks in avance.

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