Re: [Ltib] Question regarding "ltib -m release"

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Peter,

1/ MANIFEST is a file that lists each file you want to go onto the iso
image from the ltib directory.  Any referenced package sources will be
figured out from the references in the spec file.

I've attached a MANIFEST I generated from the current savannah CVS using
the cvsmanifest script attached.  You need to manually add/subtract any
entries in the MANIFEST file that you wish to add/exclude from the
release.  Additional files don't have to be part of LTIB.

If you are able to release without using localdir_nobuild" from CVS
that's much preferred as maintenance is easier, however I understand you
may not want all your source/patches on the public GPP, and/or your ltib
sources may be different.

1b/ There was a change that I hadn't yet merged out with respect to the
mkisofs, I've just checked it into the savannah CVS, essentially it adds
joliet-long when it is available (which is most of the time).  You can
get the diffs from 1.10 - 1.11.  Removing -J will also work, but I think
the change I checked in is preferable.

2/ LTIB will not run on Cygwin. The reason for Joliet is mainly for
people who mount the CD on their Windows machines and then copy out bit
(I think for VMware).  Most people using LTIB on Windows boxes run it
inside VMware Linux guests.

Regards, Stuart

On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 14:40 -0400, Peter Barada wrote:
> I'm trying to generate a release .iso, and using "./ltib -m release",
> and using "localdir_nobuild" for the CVS tag, it complained about
> MANIFEST missing.
> 
> 1) What should be in MANIFEST?  Is it everything except rpm and 'tmp*'
> that's in the ltib build directory (configs, dist, RELEASE_INFO, etc)?
> 
> I tried supplying a list of files in the ltib build directory excluding
> the rpm and tmp* subdirs, then it complained about a patch file and
> its .md5 having the same Joliet name (since the filename was longer than
> 64 characters).  I removed the "-J" arg to the mkisofs, and it continued
> along.
> 
> 2) Is Joliet required?  Does LTIB build on Windows machines (with Cygwin
> I presume) where Joliet is needed for 95/NT?
>

MANIFEST
Description: Text document

cvsmanifest
Description: application/shellscript