Caching proxy for Debian package files on squeeze home server

2012-04-02 Thread Scott A
Does anyone have suggestions regarding a the most appropriate how server proxy/caching tool debian/ubuntu distro hopping and live-build? My goal to setup a local debian package file cache on my home server for the purpose of saving bandwidth when I work with the live-build suite. I have a ppc d

how to install build-deps?

2012-01-30 Thread Scott A
Is there a clever way to concisely include the build dependencies for a given package in live-build? My particular scenario is that I want my live cd with live installer to include the build dependencies for the python3 versions of scipy and matplotlib which do not yet exist in the official repo

Live system kernel and installer mismatch

2012-01-13 Thread Scott A
Is there a work around for the "Live system kernel and installer mismatch " on the cgi iso build tool or local build for wheezy/sid amd64? This particular mismatch occurred on a sid, amd64 (arch and flavour) and gnome build. Live system = 3.1 , installer = 2.6.32 http://live-build.debian.net/bu

Re: Spurious unmet dependencies

2011-12-22 Thread Scott A
directory; however, I did not check to see if the clean script was executable. Happy Near Winter Solstice Consumption Holiday, Scott On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On 20/12/11 12:38 PM, Scott A. Askey wrote: > > The build fails against both sid and wheezy. >

Spurious unmet dependencies

2011-12-20 Thread Scott A. Askey
While attempting to build a gnome live iso with the following config: lb config -p gnome -d sid --parent-mirror-bootstrap http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian The process hangs up with the following error: The following packages have unmet dependencies: gnome-core : Depends: empathy (>= 3.0) but i

live build 3.0~a29-1 creates iso that does not boot

2011-08-21 Thread Scott A
When I build a generic sid /xfce/amd64 hybrid.iso the the resulting iso does not boot in qemu or virtual box. Am I ignoring a required configuration argument? On the boot screen I select live and hit enter and nothing happens. #config scipt lb config -m http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ -d sid

Bug#619945: live-build: live build tries to include sid-update in default sid build on wheezy machine

2011-03-28 Thread Scott A
Package: live-build Version: 3.0~a13-1 Severity: normal Is there a flag suppress the spurious sid-updates repos? lb config -d sid followed by sudo lb build fails like this: P: Configuring file /bin/hostname P: Configuring file /etc/apt/apt.conf P: Configuring file /etc/apt/sources.list Get:1 ht

Fresh cgi based sid/wheezy live-builds?

2011-03-05 Thread Scott A
When might the current live images based off of sid or wheezy become available or be producable with the CGI tool? Cheers, Scott end of.log file xserver-xorg-video-voodoo xterm zenity 0 upgraded, 413 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 221 MB of archives. After thi

Smallest live install image with x windows and wpa wireless support?

2011-02-03 Thread Scott A
How small a minimal base-install image can one build with live-build that will run aptitude over a wpa wireless network? With a cli interface? With light gui environment? I am trying to circumvent the the lack of a wpa capable cli network manager in the standard sid/squeeze net install image (160

live build 2.0.12 and docs are great!!

2011-02-03 Thread Scott A
I am not sure if live build has been refined and the manual improved since late November; however, I had a much easier time building a live CD yesterday than I did in November. The manual telling me where to look to browse the contents of package lists (/usr/share/live/build/lists/) was very helpf