Bug#739729: live-build: "Live" installer CD includes redundant .deb files
Package: live-build
Version: 3.0.5-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
When building a CD with the LB_DEBIAN_INSTALLER="live" option,
live-build will include a significant number of .deb packages that are
(as far as I can tell) not actually needed for installation.
The 'binary_debian-installer' script contains code designed to avoid
including the .deb files for packages that are already installed in
the live system. However, the 'rm' command doesn't work due to
improper quoting.
I further noticed that the 'grep' command that is meant to force
certain packages (e.g. grub) to be included as .debs was also
not working as intended.
I believe the below patch fixes these issues:
--- scripts/build/binary_debian-installer.orig 2013-04-30
02:28:19.000000000 -0400
+++ scripts/build/binary_debian-installer 2014-02-21 16:20:37.000000000 -0500
@@ -528,11 +528,11 @@
# Drop the packages already installed that d-i doesn't explicitely need
_REMAINING_PACKAGES="$(echo ${DI_FIRMWARE_PACKAGES}
${DI_REQ_PACKAGES} | sed -e 's# #|#g')"
- _REMAINING_PACKAGES="$(sed -n -e 's|Package: ||p'
chroot/var/lib/dpkg/status.tmp | grep -E -v
\"^${_REMAINING_PACKAGES}$\")"
+ _REMAINING_PACKAGES="$(sed -n -e 's|Package: ||p'
chroot/var/lib/dpkg/status.tmp | grep -E -v
"^(${_REMAINING_PACKAGES})\$")"
for _PACKAGE in ${_REMAINING_PACKAGES}
do
- rm -f "chroot/binary.deb/archives/${_PACKAGE}_*.deb"
+ rm -f chroot/binary.deb/archives/${_PACKAGE}_*.deb
done
else
# Download .debs of the required packages
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages live-build depends on:
ii debootstrap 1.0.48+deb7u1
Versions of packages live-build recommends:
ii cpio 2.11+dfsg-0.1
ii gnu-fdisk 1.2.4-3.1
ii live-boot-doc 3.0.1-1
ii live-config-doc 3.0.23-1
ii live-manual-html [live-manual] 1:3.0.2-1
Versions of packages live-build suggests:
pn debian-keyring <none>
pn dosfstools <none>
pn git <none>
ii gpgv 1.4.12-7+deb7u2
pn loadlin <none>
pn memtest86+ | memtest86 <none>
ii mtools 4.0.17-1
pn parted <none>
ii squashfs-tools 1:4.2-5
pn sudo | fakeroot <none>
ii syslinux 2:4.05+dfsg-6+deb7u1
pn uuid-runtime <none>
pn win32-loader <none>
pn xorriso <none>
-- no debconf information
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