Re: Error happing near end of Ubuntu build that has to do with a bad url being targeted

[Rui Bernardo <rui.bernardo.pt@gmail.com>]

On 08-08-2016 23:15, Rui Miguel P. Bernardo wrote:
> Em 08/08/2016 22:59, "John Lewis" <oflameo2@gmail.com> escreveu:
> > I am using version 4.0.3-1.
>
> Please take a look at live-build manual at <
> http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/live-manual/stable/manual/html/live-manual.en.html#372>.
> Ubuntu mode support in version 4.x is not complete.
>
> I would recommend an Ubuntu host and the live-build version 3.a~57
> available in Ubuntu repositories. That's how I had success to build an
> Ubuntu image without problems.
>
> > On 08/08/2016 04:54 PM, Rui Miguel P. Bernardo wrote:
> > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > Em 08/08/2016 19:38, "John Lewis" <oflameo2@gmail.com> escreveu:
> > > > I verified that live-config was in ubuntu mode. This may be a bug.
> > >
> > > What version of live-build are you using? I think live-build 4.x and
> more recent versions do not support Ubuntu mode anymore.
> > > > On 08/08/2016 02:11 PM, John Lewis wrote:
> > > > > I know the issue now. Live-build is trying to pull a file from an
> Ubuntu
> > > > > repository that only exist in a Debian repository.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 08/08/2016 08:10 AM, John Lewis wrote:
> > > > > > Error happing near end of Ubuntu build that has to do with a bad url
> > > > > > being targeted. What is the work around?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [2016-08-08 08:00:49] lb chroot_hostname install
> > > > > > P: Configuring file /etc/hostname
> > > > > > P: Configuring file /bin/hostname
> > > > > > [2016-08-08 08:00:49] lb chroot_apt install
> > > > > > P: Configuring file /etc/apt/apt.conf
> > > > > > [2016-08-08 08:00:50] lb chroot_archives chroot install
> > > > > > P: Configuring file /etc/apt/sources.list
> > > > > > Hit:1 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu xenial InRelease
> > > > > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > > > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > > > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > > > > ubuntu-keyring is already the newest version (2012.05.19).
> > > > > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > > > > > Hit:1 http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu xenial InRelease
> > > > > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > > > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > > > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > > > > Calculating upgrade... Done
> > > > > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > > > > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > > > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > > > > Calculating upgrade... Done
> > > > > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > > > > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > > > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > > > > [2016-08-08 08:00:50] lb chroot_linux-image
> > > > > > [2016-08-08 08:00:50] lb chroot_firmware
> > > > > > --2016-08-08 08:00:50--
> http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/ubuntu//dists/xenial/main/Contents-amd64.gz
> > > > > > Resolving mirror.us.leaseweb.net (mirror.us.leaseweb.net)...
> > > > > > 108.59.10.97, 2604:9a00:2010:a001:1:face:bad:c0de
> > > > > > Connecting to mirror.us.leaseweb.net
> > > > > > (mirror.us.leaseweb.net)|108.59.10.97|:80... connected.
> > > > > > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
> > > > > > 2016-08-08 08:00:50 ERROR 404: Not Found.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
> > > > > > P: Begin unmounting filesystems...
> > > > > > P: Saving caches...
> > > > > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > > > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > >
> > > If you are trying to build an Ubuntu image with live-build I recommend
> you to use an Ubuntu host and use the live-build version present in the
> Ubuntu repositories, which is version 3.~57 and is maintained by the Ubuntu
> developers and not supported here officially. That version of live-build on
> a Ubuntu host will build you an Ubuntu image without problems.
> > > Hope to have helped a bit.
> > >
> > > Cheers.

Hi again John,

I've used, earlier this year, live-build 4.x to build ubuntu images for 
debtailor (my derivative distro: 
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/debtailor/> ), but here is what I had 
to set in live-build 4.x to get ubuntu images built on a debian host:

lb config no auto \
--clean \
--ignore-system-defaults \
--mode ubuntu \
--archive-areas "main universe restricted multiverse" \
--linux-packages linux-image \
--apt-recommends false \
--bootappend-live "boot=casper splash quiet --" \
--parent-mirror-bootstrap http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \
--parent-mirror-chroot http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \
--parent-mirror-chroot-security http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \
--parent-mirror-binary http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \
--parent-mirror-binary-security http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \
--mirror-bootstrap http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \
--mirror-chroot http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \
--mirror-chroot-security http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \
--mirror-binary http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \
--mirror-binary-security http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu \
--firmware-chroot false \
--firmware-binary false \
--linux-flavours generic \
--debian-installer false \
--apt-indices false \
--backports true \
--updates true \
--initramfs casper \
--zsync false

This live-build 4.x configuration for Ubuntu is also available at 
<http://paste.debian.net/787531/>.

NOTE: you will not have installer unless you install ubiquity and its 
graphical frontend, and you will get a syslinux boot screen instead of 
the gfxboot ubuntu bootscreen usually has. You would have to install 
gfxboot-theme-ubuntu and configure it and that's not working in 
live-build 4.x, IIRC.

I hope to have helped in someway.

Regards.