On January 1, 2017 2:26:58 PM "Peter.Stein" <peter.stein@comcast.net> wrote:
> I
eventually figured out by trial and error how to get the iso to build.
> Not because of the documentation, but in spite of it. The resulting
iso
> won't boot via GRUB2, but that's a GRUB issue not a live-build issue.
> HOWTOs are commonplace in the linux world. That's an obvious way to
> improve the body of documentation for live-build.
Each chapter of live-manual covers "how to" customize different aspects of
live-build. The section on local package lists, which is the closest
equivalent to the old command-line option, is here:
https://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/live-manual/stable/manual/html/live-manual.en.html#409
I'll be the first to admit that this documentation is not perfect: a documentation writer's job is never done and there's always room for improvement, but so far you have not made any actionable suggestions for making it better. Unfortunately, we're at an impasse. We cannot make the doc any better if you won't tell us, specifically, what about it didn't work for you.
Ben
p.s. Although I contributed to the authorship of this doc considerably
before my retirement, it was a group effort, all done by volunteers like
me, so credit for its good bits goes to the whole group. I'm sure you
understand that group authorship can sometimes lack the coherence of
single-authored documents, but we had a lot of material to cover, and
worked with what meagre resources we had. I doubt if any of the remaining
team is interested in this point at a complete rewrite (though really,
that's entirely up to them,) so it will have to be incremental
improvements. Your cavalier dismissal of the whole work of the doc as
"incomprehensible" coupled with your refusal to give us anything concrete
to work with to improve it disinclines me to help anymore. Good luck.