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authorAndreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>2024-05-10 15:20:28 +0200
committerAndreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>2024-05-10 15:20:28 +0200
commit04ce9be284db8fe4be3b6a7b77bdd31940d0fd7e (patch)
tree3ea7d489d1db5ed068bd202a462ba7b1543d1820 /docs
parent702200a7b8aac8a18644ac4a0c52a4fca16099b2 (diff)
parente567a2ab268e340be608ac442eb13c54c566fbff (diff)
merged with upstream
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/README.profile.rst b/docs/README.profile.rst
index f1fd717..d1f6bc3 100644
--- a/docs/README.profile.rst
+++ b/docs/README.profile.rst
@@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ The image file is constructed from some of the variables in ``profiledef.sh``: `
- ``bios.syslinux.eltorito``: Syslinux for x86 BIOS booting from an optical disc
- ``uefi-ia32.grub.esp``: GRUB for IA32 UEFI booting from a disk
- ``uefi-ia32.grub.eltorito``: GRUB for IA32 UEFI booting from an optical disc
- - ``uefi-x64.grub.esp``: GRUB for x86_64 UEFI booting from a disk
- - ``uefi-x64.grub.eltorito``: GRUB for x86_64 UEFI booting from an optical disc
- - ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.esp``: systemd-boot for x86_64 UEFI booting from a disk
- - ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.eltorito``: systemd-boot for x86_64 UEFI booting from an optical disc
+ - ``uefi-x64.grub.esp``: GRUB for x64 UEFI booting from a disk
+ - ``uefi-x64.grub.eltorito``: GRUB for x64 UEFI booting from an optical disc
+ - ``uefi-ia32.systemd-boot.esp``: systemd-boot for IA32 UEFI booting from a disk
+ - ``uefi-ia32.systemd-boot.eltorito``: systemd-boot for IA32UEFI booting from an optical disc
+ - ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.esp``: systemd-boot for x64 UEFI booting from a disk
+ - ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.eltorito``: systemd-boot for x64 UEFI booting from an optical disc
Note that BIOS El Torito boot mode must always be listed before UEFI El Torito boot mode.
* ``arch``: The architecture (e.g. ``x86_64``) to build the image for. This is also used to resolve the name of the packages
file (e.g. ``packages.x86_64``)
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ The image file is constructed from some of the variables in ``profiledef.sh``: `
- ``erofs``: Create an EROFS image for the airootfs work directory
* ``airootfs_image_tool_options``: An array of options to pass to the tool to create the airootfs image. ``mksquashfs`` and
``mkfs.erofs`` are supported. See ``mksquashfs --help`` or ``mkfs.erofs --help`` for all possible options
+* ``bootstrap_tarball_compression``: An array containing the compression program and arguments passed to it for
+ compressing the bootstrap tarball (defaults to ``cat``). For example: ``bootstrap_tarball_compression=(zstd -c -T0 --long -19)``.
* ``file_permissions``: An associative array that lists files and/or directories who need specific ownership or
permissions. The array's keys contain the path and the value is a colon separated list of owner UID, owner GID and
access mode. E.g. ``file_permissions=(["/etc/shadow"]="0:0:400")``. When directories are listed with a trailing backslash (``/``) **all** files and directories contained within the listed directory will have the same owner UID, owner GID, and access mode applied recursively.
@@ -140,6 +144,12 @@ respective variables in ``profiledef.sh``:
* ``%INSTALL_DIR%``: Set this using the ``install_dir`` variable in ``profiledef.sh``.
* ``%ARCH%``: Set this using the ``arch`` variable in ``profiledef.sh``.
+Additionally there are also *custom template identifiers* have harcoded values set by ``mkarchiso`` that cannot be
+overridden:
+
+* ``%ARCHISO_UUID%``: the ISO 9660 modification date in UTC, i.e. its "UUID",
+* ``%ARCHISO_SEARCH_FILENAME%``: file path on ISO 9660 that can be used by GRUB to find the ISO volume
+ (**for GRUB ``.cfg`` files only**).
efiboot
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