Re: Trouble with running on non-debian systems.
Hi Alex.
I'm not suggesting that you give up on this but understand that if you
do keep going you will probably be the 1st person in a very long time,
if not ever, to actually try this. The original developer has long
since gone and the things you are trying to do originate from his
work.
On 27/11/2020, Alex King <alex@king.net.nz> wrote:
> Spoke too soon.... there were errors related to /dev/pts, not sure if
> those are significant?
>
> [2020-11-27 04:13:18] lb chroot_devpts install
> P: Begin mounting /dev/pts...
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on devpts-live,
> missing codepage or helper program, or other error
> (for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might
> need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program)
> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> dmesg | tail or so
>
> Then the script chokes again because the host system has an old rsync,
> which does not support --chown:
>
> P: Begin copying chroot includes after packages have been installed...
> P: Copying includes.chroot into chroot using rsync...
> rsync: --chown=0:0: unknown option
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1459) [client=3.0.9]
> E: An unexpected failure occurred, exiting...
>
> Here's a diff to discuss:
>
> [root@el6 live-build]# git diff
> diff --git a/functions/chroot.sh b/functions/chroot.sh
> index d62a4fa..97b7401 100755
> --- a/functions/chroot.sh
> +++ b/functions/chroot.sh
> @@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ Chroot_copy_dir() {
> local NAME="${2:-$(basename ${DIR})}"
>
> Check_installed host /usr/bin/rsync rsync
> - if [ "${INSTALL_STATUS}" -eq "0" ]
> - then
> - Echo_message "Copying ${NAME} into chroot using rsync..."
> + if [ "${INSTALL_STATUS}" -eq "0" ] && \
> rsync -Klrv --chown=0:0 "${DIR}" chroot/
> + then
> + Echo_message "Copy of ${NAME} into chroot using rsync
> succeeded"
> else
> cd "${DIR}"
> Echo_message "Creating a tarball with files from
> ${NAME}..."
> diff --git a/scripts/build/bootstrap_debootstrap
> b/scripts/build/bootstrap_deboo
> index 49f0f88..1fedb47 100755
> --- a/scripts/build/bootstrap_debootstrap
> +++ b/scripts/build/bootstrap_debootstrap
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Check_crossarchitectures
>
> Echo_message "Begin bootstrapping system..."
>
> -Check_package host bin/debootstrap debootstrap
> +Check_installed host /usr/sbin/debootstrap debootstrap
>
> # Checking stage file
> Check_stagefile "bootstrap"
>
>
> On 27/11/20 4:51 pm, Alex King wrote:
>> Further to this, after commenting out the package check in
>> /usr/lib/live/build/bootstrap_debootstrap, I got a further error about
>> /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg not being available.
>>
>> So I copied /usr/share/keyrings/ from the debian-archive-keyring deb,
>> it's now getting a lot further. I'm guessing it will now get to
>> completion.
>>
>> Seems like some fairly simple fixes to keep it working on non-deb
>> systems, e.g. checking for the binary instead of the package, and
>> working around not having the gpg files available.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>>
>> On 27/11/20 4:30 pm, Alex King wrote:
>>
>>> Reading
>>> https://live-team.pages.debian.net/live-manual/html/live-manual/installation.en.html#110:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Note that using Debian or a Debian-derived distribution is not
>>> required"
>>>
>>> I am trying to run it on a centos6 system. I have all the stated
>>> requirements. Live build is installed via git clone and make
>>> install. running lb build I get:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> [2020-11-27 03:15:22] lb bootstrap_debootstrap
>>> P: Begin bootstrapping system...
>>> E: You need to install debootstrap on your host system.
>>> E: An unexpected failure occurred, exiting...
>>>
>>> I had debootstrap 1.0.100 or so rpm installed (from epel?) I thought
>>> that may be too old, so I removed that and installed debootstrap
>>> 1.0.123 by extracting the deb straight to the filesystem. Now I have:
>>>
>>> [root@el6 ~]# debootstrap --version
>>> debootstrap 1.0.123
>>> [root@el6 ~]# which debootstrap
>>> /usr/sbin/debootstrap
>>>
>>> Exact same result, "You need to install debootstrap...."
>>>
>>> Reading through /usr/lib/live/build/bootstrap_debootstrap, it's
>>> running "Check_package host bin/debootstrap debootstrap"
>>>
>>> Reading through /usr/share/live/build/functions/packages.sh, it's
>>> running dpkg-query to find if the package is installed.
>>>
>>> It looks like this is never going to work other than on deb based
>>> systems, and the manual on the above URL is simply inconsistent with
>>> reality....
>>>
>>> Any hints? Web page need updating?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alex
>>>
>
>
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