From 1630d76c87895aa0cbc457ae31e5eb7b2c19ae89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Runge Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 20:32:24 +0200 Subject: docs: Add documentation for buildmodes and bootstrap build mode docs/README.profile.rst: Add documentation for the optional `buildmodes` array in profiledef.sh, the understood build modes `bootstrap` and `iso` and the implicit default build mode 'iso'. Add basic documentation for the bootstrap_packages.arch file. Add missing backticks. Fix indent. --- docs/README.profile.rst | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/README.profile.rst b/docs/README.profile.rst index a8c4487..ccee987 100644 --- a/docs/README.profile.rst +++ b/docs/README.profile.rst @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ An archiso profile consists of several configuration files and a directory for f ├── airootfs/ ├── efiboot/ ├── syslinux/ + ├── bootstrap_packages.arch ├── packages.arch ├── pacman.conf └── profiledef.sh @@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ The image file is constructed from some of the variables in ``profiledef.sh``: ` * ``iso_version``: A string that states the version of the resulting image (defaults to ``""``) * ``install_dir``: A string (maximum eight characters long, which **must** consist of ``[a-z0-9]``) that states the directory on the resulting image into which all files will be installed (defaults to ``mkarchiso``) +* ``buildmodes``: An optional list of strings, that state the build modes that the profile uses. Only the following are + understood: + + - ``bootstrap``: Build a compressed file containing a minimal system to bootstrap from + - ``iso``: Build a bootable ISO image (implicit default, if no ``buildmodes`` are set) * ``bootmodes``: A list of strings, that state the supported boot modes of the resulting image. Only the following are understood: @@ -40,7 +46,7 @@ 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-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 - Note that BIOS El Torito boot mode must always be listed before UEFI El Torito boot mode. + 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``) * ``pacman_conf``: The ``pacman.conf`` to use to install packages to the work directory when creating the image (defaults to @@ -56,19 +62,31 @@ The image file is constructed from some of the variables in ``profiledef.sh``: ` 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. +bootstrap_packages.arch +======================= + +All packages to be installed into the environment of a bootstrap image have to be listed in an architecture specific +file (e.g. ``bootstrap_packages.x86_64``), which resides top-level in the profile. + +Packages have to be listed one per line. Lines starting with a ``#`` and blank lines are ignored. + +This file is required when generating bootstrap images using the ``bootstrap`` build mode. + packages.arch ============= -All packages to be installed into the environment of the image have to be listed in an architecture specific file (e.g. -``packages.x86_64``), which resides top-level in the profile. +All packages to be installed into the environment of an ISO image have to be listed in an architecture specific file +(e.g. ``packages.x86_64``), which resides top-level in the profile. -Packages have to be listed one per line. Lines starting with a `#` and blank lines are ignored. +Packages have to be listed one per line. Lines starting with a ``#`` and blank lines are ignored. .. note:: The **mkinitcpio** and **mkinitcpio-archiso** packages are mandatory (see `#30 `_). +This file is required when generating ISO images using the ``iso`` build mode. + pacman.conf =========== -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2