Package: fai
Version: 2.8.4
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
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I was trying to install an nfsroot for sid. Only after applying the following
patch I
succeeded. I do hope that I didn't missed something during my trial and error
process.
I guess that lines for unstable should be present on apt-get preferences file
as well.
I also added some printings of debuging information to help diagnose
problems, and
comments to make-fai-nfsroot configuration file.
--- /usr/sbin/make-fai-nfsroot.orig 2006-01-03 20:22:15.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/sbin//make-fai-nfsroot 2006-01-06 22:24:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -125,6 +125,21 @@
trap "umount_dirs" EXIT
trap "bad_exit" ERR
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+which_distribution() {
+
+ suite=$1; dist=$1
+ # Why which_distribution() required?
+ # apt, and preferences in particular, prefers the string unstable rather
+ # then the string sid because unstable is more common in RELEASE
+ # files. debootstrap, on the other hand, does not recognize the
+ # suite unstable. It is recognized by debootstrap only as sid.
+ case "$1" in
+ "sid" ) dist=unstable;;
+ "unstable") suite=sid;;
+ * ) ;; # There should be no problem with the other names.
+ esac
+}
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
bad_exit() {
merror="with errors"
@@ -225,6 +240,10 @@
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
call_debootstrap() {
+ set - $suite $2
+ # See the definition of which_distribution() if you have questions
+ # about this line. Note that it is actually required only
+ # if [ "$1" != "$suite" ].
echo "Creating nfsroot for $1 using debootstrap"
[ "$verbose" ] && echo "Calling debootstrap $1 $NFSROOT $2"
yes '' | LC_ALL=C call_verbose debootstrap $FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS $1
$NFSROOT $2 || true
@@ -282,8 +301,6 @@
[ -f $cfdir/preferences ] && cp -v $cfdir/preferences $NFSROOT/etc/apt
echo "Upgrading $NFSROOT"
LC_ALL=C call_verbose call_with_stamp upgrade_nfsroot
- echo "Adding additional packages to $NFSROOT:"
- echo "$packages"
LC_ALL=C call_verbose call_with_stamp add_packages_nfsroot
call_with_stamp copy_fai_files
@@ -346,8 +363,8 @@
cp -p $v /etc/resolv.conf $NFSROOT/etc/resolv.conf-installserver
cp -p $v /etc/resolv.conf $NFSROOT/etc/resolv.conf # this is needed during
make-fai-nfsroot
$ROOTCMD apt-get update
- $ROOTCMD apt-get -fyu install
- $ROOTCMD apt-get check
+ $ROOTCMD apt-get -t $dist -fyu install
+ $ROOTCMD apt-get -t $dist check
rm -rf $NFSROOT/etc/apm
mount -t proc /proc $NFSROOT/proc
@@ -355,14 +372,26 @@
fdivert /etc/init.d/rcS /sbin/start-stop-daemon /sbin/discover-modprobe
cp /sbin/fai-start-stop-daemon $NFSROOT/sbin/
ln -s /sbin/fai-start-stop-daemon $NFSROOT/sbin/start-stop-daemon
- $ROOTCMD apt-get -y dist-upgrade
+ $ROOTCMD apt-get -t $dist -y dist-upgrade
}
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
add_packages_nfsroot() {
- $ROOTCMD apt-get -y --fix-missing install $packages </dev/null
+ echo "Adding additional packages to $NFSROOT:"
+ echo "\$packages: $packages"
+ if [ "$verbose" -a "$dist" == "unstable" ]; then
+ # unstable is more likely to have breakages:
+ echo "A simulation to help track problems:"
+ $ROOTCMD apt-get -t $dist -Vsy --fix-missing install $packages
</dev/null
+ echo "This is the real thing:"
+ fi
+ $ROOTCMD apt-get -t $dist -y --fix-missing install $packages </dev/null
if [ -n "$NFSROOT_PACKAGES" ] ; then
- LC_ALL=C $ROOTCMD apt-get -y --fix-missing install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
</dev/null
+ echo "\$NFSROOT_PACKAGES: $NFSROOT_PACKAGES"
+ if [ "$verbose" -a "$dist" == "unstable" ]; then
+ # unstable is more likely to have breakages:
+ echo "A simulation to help track problems:"
+ LC_ALL=C $ROOTCMD apt-get -t $dist -Vsy --fix-missing install
$NFSROOT_PACKAGES </dev/null
+ echo "This is the real thing:"
+ fi
+ LC_ALL=C $ROOTCMD apt-get -t $dist -y --fix-missing install
$NFSROOT_PACKAGES </dev/null
fi
$ROOTCMD apt-get clean
}
@@ -489,6 +521,8 @@
find $NFSROOT -xdev -maxdepth 1 ! -type d | xargs -r rm -f
fi
+which_distribution $FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
+
# Create a new nfsroot
if [ ! -x "`which debootstrap`" ]; then
die "Can't find debootstrap command. Aborting."
--- /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf.orig 2006-01-06 22:34:50.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/fai/make-fai-nfsroot.conf 2006-01-06 22:41:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="sarge http://$mirrorhost/debian";
#FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP="sarge file:/files/scratch/debian"
-# your extra packages which will be installed into the nfsroot, space separated
-NFSROOT_PACKAGES="cfengine expect"
+# your extra packages which will be installed into the nfsroot, space
+# separated. Note that you can add options for apt-get at the
+# beginning.
+NFSROOT_PACKAGES="-V cfengine expect"
# this local repository holds your local packages that can be installed to
# the install clients. Don't forget to create the index file Packages.gz!
@@ -40,9 +42,10 @@
nfssize="250MB" # size of the nfsroot. Only informational purpose
-# FAI needs these packages that are install into the nfsroot
-packages="module-init-tools dhcp3-client ssh file rdate hwinfo portmap
-bootpc rsync wget rsh-client less dump reiserfsprogs usbutils
+# FAI needs these packages that are install into the nfsroot.
+# Note that you can add options for apt-get at the beginning.
+packages="-V module-init-tools dhcp3-client ssh file rdate hwinfo
+portmap bootpc rsync wget rsh-client less dump reiserfsprogs usbutils
hdparm smartmontools parted mdadm lvm2
dnsutils ntpdate dosfstools cvs jove xfsprogs xfsdump
sysutils dialog discover mdetect libnet-perl netcat libapt-pkg-perl"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1.pentium1.1
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages fai depends on:
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.18+b1 Perl interface to libapt-pkg
ii perl 5.8.7-9 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
Versions of packages fai recommends:
ii debootstrap 0.3.3 Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii dhcp3-server 3.0.3-5 DHCP server for automatic IP addre
hi fai-kernels 1.10.1 special kernels for FAI (Fully Aut
ii nfs-kernel-server [nfs-server 1:1.0.7-3 Kernel NFS server support
pn rsh-server <none> (no description available)
ii syslinux 3.11-3 Bootloader for Linux/i386 using MS
ii tftpd-hpa [tftpd] 0.40-4.1 HPA's tftp server
ii wget 1.10.2-1 retrieves files from the web
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