Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Stage2 spec and source_subpath var

[Luca Casagrande]

Alle 23:28, domenica 23 luglio 2006, Andrew Gaffney ha scritto:
> Luca Casagrande wrote:
> > Alle 22:12, domenica 23 luglio 2006, Andrew Gaffney ha scritto:
> >> Luca Casagrande wrote:
> >>> Hi to all!
> >>> Sorry for my stupid question, but i am moving to catalyst 2.0..the
> >>> directory to set source_subpath in the spec file, it's the one where i
> >>> extracted the stage2 files? After chroot in it, can i add file,
> >>> packages, etc to customize my livecd?
> >>
> >> First, why are you extracting anything by hand? Second, why are you
> >> messing with a stage2 in order to customize a LiveCD? What exactly are
> >> you trying to do here?
> >
> > Hi Andrew and thx for your answer!
> > I have built some live cd in the past using my gentoo install with
> > livecd-tools of knoppix, but now i wanna use catalyst...
> > Right now, for testing purpose, i wanna create a cd with some apps that
> > are on portage plus some files (data sample file to use with those apps).
> > So I unpacked the stage2 file, chroot inside it,merged all the package
> > that i need and copied all file inside home folder (after adding a user).
> > I thought that after this, i should run catalyst wich use my chroot as
> > the livecd system...am I missing something?
>
> This is exactly the kind of thing catalyst is designed to do. If you're
> going to use catalyst, why not actually let it do its job? You can add
> packages into the livecd environment by adding them to 'livecd/packages' in
> your
> livecd-stage1.spec. In livecd-stage2, you can add users, run a custom
> script (called the fsscript) to make other modifications, apply an overlay
> of files into the squashfs or the ISO root, and other assorted fun things.

I don't understand how add package in a livecd-stage2.. in the livecd-stage1 i 
have found the livecd/packages var, but not in the stage2.
You mean, that first i need to run catalyst with the livecd-stage1 spec and 
then the stage2?

Thanks
Luca

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