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AashishMann

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[SOLVED] mkarchiso, What is alternative to customize_airootfs.sh

As with new version of archiso, customize_airootfs.sh will be deprecated, what is alternative to perform administrative tasks?

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nl6720

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Re: [SOLVED] mkarchiso, What is alternative to customize_airootfs.sh

The removal of customize_airootfs.sh will not happen just yet. It's unfortunately still required to run locale-gen.

As for the alternative, there is not direct alternative, the actions just have to be performed in a different way. E.g. services can be enabled by creating the symlinks and users can be created by creating /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group and /etc/gshadow.
All this is in effort to make the ISO more reproducible.

AashishMann

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Re: [SOLVED] mkarchiso, What is alternative to customize_airootfs.sh

the actions just have to be performed in a different way. E.g. services can be enabled by creating the symlinks and users can be created by creating /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group and /etc/gshadow.

Thanks, this solves most of my problems, but is there a way to prevent overwriting of custom files which are not specified as backup files, by packages installed, for example kodi config files in /usr/share

eschwartz

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Re: [SOLVED] mkarchiso, What is alternative to customize_airootfs.sh

The removal of customize_airootfs.sh will not happen just yet. It's unfortunately still required to run locale-gen.

As for the alternative, there is not direct alternative, the actions just have to be performed in a different way. E.g. services can be enabled by creating the symlinks and users can be created by creating /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group and /etc/gshadow.
All this is in effort to make the ISO more reproducible.

This is orthogonal to being reproducible. Adding a file to airootfs before building doesn't produce different output from copying it in customize_airootfs.sh, the *correct* approach is sed because your PR makes the file fall out of sync with the supported locales.

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nl6720

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Re: [SOLVED] mkarchiso, What is alternative to customize_airootfs.sh

Thanks, this solves most of my problems, but is there a way to prevent overwriting of custom files which are not specified as backup files, by packages installed, for example kodi config files in /usr/share

/usr/share/ is considered package manager territory, so messing with it is generally advised against, but that's beside the point. For kodi, you could place custom configuration in airootfs/home/username/.kodi/userdata/ .

This is orthogonal to being reproducible. Adding a file to airootfs before building doesn't produce different output from copying it in customize_airootfs.sh, the *correct* approach is sed because your PR makes the file fall out of sync with the supported locales.

Actually, I mixed up a few things. It was not about being reproducible, but about having declarative profiles. Or maybe both...

Last edited by nl6720 (2020-09-03 16:23:55)

AashishMann

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Re: [SOLVED] mkarchiso, What is alternative to customize_airootfs.sh

For kodi, you could place custom configuration in airootfs/home/username/.kodi/userdata/ .

Yes, I exactly did this, I have managed to completely shift out of dependency on customize_airootfs.sh, it just took some extra steps, but overall it did declutter my build process.
Solved.