[Mageia-dev] drakxtools & drakx-installer-stage2 (mga#9428)

Sat Mar 23 08:02:31 CET 2013

Op zaterdag 23 maart 2013 14:51:11 schreef Glen Ogilvie:
+> On 23 March 2013 11:57, Pascal Terjan <pterjan at gmail.com> wrote:
+> > On 22 Mar 2013 22:21, "Glen Ogilvie" <nelg at linuxsolutions.co.nz> wrote:
+> > > On 23 March 2013 05:12, AL13N <alien at rmail.be> wrote:
+> > >> Op vrijdag 22 maart 2013 07:38:56 schreef Frank Griffin:
+> > >> > On 03/22/2013 07:20 AM, Glen Ogilvie wrote:
+> > >> [...]
+> > >> 
+> > >> > > 1. How does the src tar.xz file for drakx-installer-stage2 get
+> > >> > > created?   I assume it comes from a
+> > >> > > build of svn://svn.mageia.org/svn/soft/drakx/trunk
+> > >> > > <http://svn.mageia.org/svn/soft/drakx/trunk>, but can't find how it
+> > >> > > ends up as a tar.xz
+> > >> > 
+> > >> > I'm maybe about two days ahead of you on this, but here's what I
+> > >> > think
+> > >> > happens, FWIW.  You do your checkout, and then in the mdk-stage1
+> > >> > subdirectory, do a "make dist-svn".  This should produce the tar.xz
+> > >> > in
+> > >> > the mdk-stage1 directory.
+> > >> 
+> > >> [...]
+> > >> 
+> > >> "make dist" actually...
+> > >> 
+> > >> it will target make "dist-svn" or "make dist-git" depending on if
+> > 
+> > you're using
+> > 
+> > >> git-svn or not.
+> > >> 
+> > >> be advised that dist-svn uses the BASE and any uncommitted change will
+> > 
+> > not be
+> > 
+> > >> applied.
+> > >> 
+> > >> dist-git however, you can commit without pushing them and that will be
+> > 
+> > used.
+> > 
+> > > I've had a good play around with make dist.
+> > > It seems to me, like running make dist in the perl-install directory,
+> > 
+> > (svn://svn.mageia.org/svn/soft/drakx/trunk/ )
+> > 
+> > > does not produce the same tar.xz file as found within
+> > 
+> > drakx-installer-stage2 sources.
+> > 
+> > > For example, the tar.gz produced by "make dist" does not contain the
+> > 
+> > "kernel", "perl-install/install" directories, etc.
+> > 
+> > > Also, inside the tar, the first directory is: "drakxtools-15.29", rather
+> > 
+> > than "drakx-installer-stage2-15.29".  It is also
+> > 
+> > > only 2.4MB instead of about 4.3MB.
+> > > 
+> > > Any suggestions?
+> > 
+> > Yes, you need to go into install subdirectory (if I remember the name
+> > correctly)
+> 
+> Ah, great.  Thank you.. That does the trick. :)
+> 
+> Would anyone mind if update
+> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Drakx-installer_tips_and_tricks, and then update
+> the URL in the spec file of drakx-installer-stage2 to point to it, along
+> with a comment on how to create the source tar.xz
+> Current URL in the spec is: http://wiki.mandriva.com/Tools/DrakX  (which
+> just goes to Mandriva's main wiki page)
+
+no, it should go to a DrakX mageia wiki page instead. 
+
+the installer tips and tricks link should be in the spec file, but i'd love it 
+if you updated it with what you know by now...
+