Christian Perrier wrote: > Well, I'm still stucked at the following : > > I want to check modifications I make to d-i modules (mostly for i18n > stuff, but that's not the point). > > Up to now, I figured out how to do this for packages which are > included in build images created by the build system in build/ --> > created udebs and put them in localudebs. > > So, for languagechooser and such packages, that's fine. I put my udebs > there, then "TYPE=cdrom make image". Then "mkisofs -r -J -b > cdrom-image.img -o test.iso dest /mnt/loop" where /mnt/loop is manty's > ISO image mounted. > > However, for other packages, such as partitioner, I'm really puzzled. > > Thourgh IRC, I've been directed to build my own APT repository. I thus > read the online doc about this, uses apt-ftparchive. I now have a nice > APT archive with my custom partitioner package on it. > > But, how the hell do I use it ? :-))) > > The solution is probably stupid....but I'm stupid enough and cannot > find it. > > So, pleeease, if you manage to have a few minutes for answering this > mail, give me the Final Hint.
Either use debian-cd to build custom images based on your archive (hard), or do businesscard (or netboot or floppy) installs of d-i, and in the mirror config, pick the manual entry, and tell it where your apt repository is on the web. Myself, I find it easier to include udebs I am testing on the initrd, even if they don't normally go there. However, if they depend on a lot of libraries, this can result in some large initrds, which may be a problem depending on how you're booting (and can require you to increase the initrd size kernel parameter to boot properly). -- see shy jo
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