debootstrapping multidistributions

[Michael Tautschnig]

Hi Rob,

Sorry for a very late reply.

>  On 10/21/2010 02:26 PM, Michael Tautschnig wrote:
> >>Thank you very much. But how must it look the UBUNTU1004 class for example?
> >>Is it the same as the classes located in package_config
> >I guess UBUNTU1004 shall describe the configuration of a Ubuntu 10.04 system;
> >then you'd need a UBUNTU1004.tar.gz in basefiles/, which will be unpacked for
> >those hosts that will get all the other UBUNTU1004 stuff. Does this answer your
> >question?
> 
> What is the best way to make the basefile.tar.gz?  Should we
> do a debootstrap and tar up the files before booting the
> bootstrapped system?
> 

Yes, AFAIK this is the way to go. To be honest, I haven't used specific
basefiles myself, but from what I know about the code, this should be perfectly
fine.

Best,
Michael

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