On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 03:28:45AM EST, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: > > The manual indicates that it's just a matter of copying the .deb to the > > config/chroot_local-packages. > > jup, that's all. > > > Say, I over copy the .deb for a custom version of gnu/screen and add > > gnu/screen to my list of packages. > > > > Now, which "screen" executable will eventually end up in the /usr/bin of > > my live CD..? Does my custom version take precedence over the standard > > lenny version automatically .. or do I need to add a touch of magic for > > this to happen? > > the one with the highest version gets installed. make sure your local > one has a higher version, assuming the debian version is 1.2.3-4, by: > > * adding a revision suffix: 1.2.3-4+custom > > or > > * adding an epoche: 1:1.2.3-4 > > > Where kernels are concerned, the issue is different .. provided they > > have different names, I would imagine that my custom kernel(s) will be > > installed alongside the standard kernel(s) .. But right now, on my > > current live DVD I have two kernel images - one that's geared to older > > processors .. dubbed something-486 .. and one that's optimized for > > Pentium III & better hardware with a name that ends in -686. > > that's why you have to adjust LH_LINUX_PACKAGES and LH_LINUX_FLAVOURS in > this case. > > > I'm more familiar with grub where you get a menu where you can select > > which kernel you want to boot. I haven't had the time to look for a > > way to direct the default (isolinux?) bootloader to boot the "-686" > > kernel but it got me wondering whether I could replace it with grub. > > then set LH_BOOTLOADER to grub.
One thing I need to figure out is the successive stages of the build so I can use lh_clean effectively rather than starting from scratch every time I make (even minor) changes. Thanks for all the useful comments. CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
