Provide uninstalled packages as part of a preinstall image
Provide uninstalled packages on preinstalled images, similar in function to the /pool/ directory on live images.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- David Mandala
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Adam Conrad
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Adam Conrad
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for oneiric
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
-
oneiric-alpha-3
- Started by
- Michael Casadevall
- Completed by
- Adam Conrad
Whiteboard
Work items:
[adconrad] Implement dirty hack to make preinstall-
[adconrad] Test preinstall-
[adconrad] Research live-build implementation in oneiric to allow re-doing the above hacks (1 week): DONE
[adconrad] Implement ubuntu-server preinstall images in live-build/
[adconrad] Implement ubuntu-server preinstall images on cdimage (1 day): DONE
[adconrad] Get IS to give livefs-buildds access to seeds, so germinate will work (1 day): DONE
[adconrad] Alter germinate to skip consideration of installer udebs: DONE
[adconrad] Add germinate call to our live-build configs to generate a package list from the ship seed (3 days): DONE
[adconrad] Add apt-get download call to live-build to pre-populate /var/lib/
[adconrad] Sort out how to sign the pool so that apt doesn't uselessly skip over it and go remote: DONE
[adconrad] Use a more formal apt-ftparchive invocation with a config file and extra overrides to preserve Task info, so tasksel still works: DONE
Work Items
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
