Mechanism for adding custop built packages to fai_root?

[Bruce Edge]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chad Walstrom [mailto:chewie at wookimus.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 7:42 AM
> To: linux-fai
> Subject: Re: Mechanism for adding custop built packages to fai_root?
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 03:50:05PM +0200, Thomas Lange wrote:
> > Currently there no support in make-fai-nfsroot to install 
> non default
> > Debian packages into the nfsroot. You have to install this packages
> > using:
> > 
> > dpkg --root=$NFSROOT your-grub-package.deb

Yep, that's what I'm doing currently. I always forget to do it after I
re-generate the nfsroot though.

> 
> Yep, that would work.  Also, if we want to extend FAI a bit, 
> debootstrap
> will allow a "--include=package1,package2" option. Just like we added
> the DEBOOTSTRAP_EXCLUDE environment variable in the fai.conf file, we
> could add a DEBOOTSTRAP_INCLUDE variable.
> 
> With that in mind, you could make a custom debian mirror pool for your
> local packages, add that to the sources.list file/variable, and load
> your custom package.


Where can one find docs on creating a custom mirror pool?
ie: the dir layout and control file formats?

Thanks, Bruce.

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