Am Sonntag, 27. Januar 2013 schrieb Linux-Fan: > Dear Debian users, > > I have configured my system to my specific needs by installing packages, > changing their configuration, adding a useful HTML-Documentation > collection and installing some programs from source. The resulting > system is used on four different machines with two different > architectures: amd64 and i386. I have been using "Remastersys" > (http://www.remastersys.com/) to build a live-DVD from my system that > can be installed on other computers and is really nice for > administration purposes: Carry a fully-featured working-environment on > a single-layered DVD. […] > > Recently, when I read about Debian packaging and preseeding on this > list, I got another idea: I could package all my customization into > some Debian packages and some virtual packages which would then install > all software I use as dependencies. This would also make the updating > of my i386 machines much easier: If I only changed configuration or > such they could just update via aptitude update && aptitude full-upgrade > or similar and if I updated some of my self-compiled software, I could > (a) use the source-package or (b) download an i386 version that was > cross-compiled on my amd64 machine. I would be able to have the most > recent configuration and package selection on all three systems while > only maintaining a common and customized repository. In order to back > up my system I would only need to backup the repository. Live-DVDs > could still be created with remastersys but I would no longer depend on > them and I could safely do re-installations even changing > Debian-releases with minor problems only. I could further divide my > custom packages to be able to create a CD version of my system with > limited features or such. Adding some of the customization to my > friends' systems would also be much easier. > > Is it a good idea to use the Debian package system for these needs? Or > is there something I have overlooked? Are there other systems/programs > that probably already automate much of what I am aiming for? (Because I > believe creating packages of all my customization will be quite some > work and I should therefore think and ask first.)
I also suggest browsing / scanning Debian Reference[1] and other Debian books for hints. Especially the package management section. For gem such as: - dpkg --get-selections / --set-selections - ways to store answers to debconf, there are some, you can basically make a backup of all debconf settings and restore them AFAIK. debian-handbook.info has also some more stuff like Simple-CDD and preseeding. [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/index.en.html Ciao, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201301271942.04292.mar...@lichtvoll.de
