Re: Guide to creating a Live CD with Debian Live
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 08:29:13AM -0500, Stackpole, Chris wrote:
> > From: Andrei Popescu [mailto:andreimpopescu@gmail.com]
> > Subject: Re: Guide to creating a Live CD with Debian Live
> >
> > On Tue,12.Aug.08, 20:48:19, Stackpole, Chris wrote:
> >
> > [snip and wrap]
> >
> > > http://www.fwlug.org/fwlug-forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=347
Apart from the point regarding the caching, as discussed below:
I tend to prefer editing the config files rather than using options to
lh_config .
This is because I don't suppose the CD building will be a one-time shot.
It never is. And recreating your configuration for every little tweak is
probably not the best idea.
> > >
> > > I would really appreciate any comments and feedback that people
> have.
> > > I am open to any suggestions from clarity to spelling errors.
> > > Especially if you find a problem with it or if something doesn't
> work.
> >
> > live-helper uses it's own caching mechanism so I don't know what
> > benefits apt-cacher will bring
>
> I debated about putting that in there. The reason why I did was because
> if someone isn't careful about running lh_clean with the proper flags,
> it will flush out all of the deb files too. When I was first working
> with Debian Live several months ago I was using the Debian live FAQ as
> my sole source of information. Sometimes they list the proper flags and
> other times they just say `lh_clean`. I finally came to the conclusion
> that if someone was using my guide, as well as reading the FAQ, I don't
> want them to accidentally forget a flag and have to re-download the
> packages off of someone's mirror multiple times. Even if they have a
> fast connection it is still bandwidth pulled from the host mirror. I
> just think that this is an easy way to help catch some simple mistakes.
lh_clean (with default options) does not clean the cache now. You have
to be explicit about it.
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