X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=5383dcb525fbbf11050253260791e71809c19458;hb=dd4179bf7bcb8314c21b8863cce3a9594813855c;hp=abe832af0514a63123c0beaf43b18cd76df90d8b;hpb=79d6fc6bba2e279baf59f27b8dd8fd728ed65de1;p=febootstrap.git diff --git a/README b/README index abe832a..5383dcb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ febootstrap - Bootstrap a basic Fedora system by Richard W.M. Jones (rjones@redhat.com) +http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/febootstrap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- febootstrap is a Fedora equivalent to Debian's debootstrap. You can @@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ Requirements in future versions of fakechroot. yum - - Tested with version 3.2. + - Tested with version 3.2 (works best with 3.2.21 or above) - Needs network access to a Fedora repository, or a local Fedora mirror. @@ -32,14 +33,15 @@ Requirements bash - MAKEDEV - - upx - - Ultimate Packer for eXecutables, for minimizing binaries + gcc qemu - If you want to test-run your systems. + libext2fs + /sbin/mke2fs + - These are part of e2fsprogs. + Building and installing ----------------------- @@ -47,6 +49,40 @@ Building and installing make sudo make install +Note, if you want to run the scripts locally without installing, +you have to set the $PATH to the current directory, ie: + + PATH=$(pwd):$PATH + febootstrap [...] + +Debugging +--------- + +If you get segfaults while running febootstrap or errors in the %post +scripts, these are often caused by some incompatibility in the +emulation provided by fakeroot/fakechroot. You can track them down by +running the yum command explicitly. Try: + + fakeroot fakechroot -s \ + yum -y -c /tmp/repo \ + --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=febootstrap \ + --noplugins --nogpgcheck \ + --installroot=/tmp/root \ + install "@Core" + +where /tmp/repo would be a file like this (change repo and arch +parameters as appropriate): + + [febootstrap] + name=febootstrap + failovermethod=priority + enabled=1 + gpgcheck=0 + mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=rawhide&arch=x86_64 + +You can insert gdb in the appropriate place in the fakeroot / +fakechroot / yum command. + Feedback and bugs -----------------