[ Just seen this thread, apologies for delayed responses ] On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 11:40:54PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > >On Jul 5, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Brian wrote: > >>Well wouldn't documentation for Jigdo template be in Jigdo package? > >The jigdo template is a lot lower level than I was hoping for. It's >kinda like the object code, where I'm looking for the high-level >language source code and a compiler to produce the object code from >it.
Correct. >It's theoretically possible to edit the jigdo template, and all the >binary parts it contains, just as it's theoretically possible to edit >the java byte-code for a subroutine that almost does what you want -- >but it's much more convenient (and comprehensible) to edit the java >source code. What I'm hoping for is that there's something like a >compiler that takes a human understandable specification, in the form >of list of packages and other configurable components of an installer >CD/DVD/BD/etc, and outputs a jigdo template (or such) that implements >that specification. > >I'm hoping that's exactly what simple-cdd is. simple-cdd is meant to do that kind of thing AFAIK, yes. Alternatively, debian-cd is the core package that we use for creating the main Debian images. It's very flexible and (sorry!) not particularly well documented... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver." -- Daniel Pead -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130917231048.gt14...@einval.com
