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=head1 Name
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multistrap - debootstrap replacement for multiple repository support
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multistrap - multiple repository bootstraps
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=head1 Synopsis
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suite=lenny
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This will result in a completely normal debootstrap of Debian lenny from
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the specified mirror, for armel in '/opt/multistrap/'.
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the specified mirror, for armel in '/opt/multistrap/'. (This configuration
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is retained in the package as F</usr/share/multistrap/lenny.conf>)
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Specify a package to extend the multistrap to include that package and
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all dependencies.
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all dependencies of that package.
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Specify more bootstraps by adding new sections. Section names are used
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in the bootstrap general option.
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Specify more repositories for the bootstrap by adding new sections.
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Section names need to be listed in the bootstrap general option for the
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packages to be included in the bootstrap.
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Specify which repositories will be available to the final system at
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boot by listing the section names in the aptsources general option,
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e.g. to exclude some internal sources or when using a local mirror when
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building the rootfs.
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Section names are case-insensitive.
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dependencies. Note that multistrap turns off Install-Recommends
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so if the multistrap needs a package that is only a Recommended
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dependency, the recommended package needs to be specified in the
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packages line explicitly.
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packages line explicitly. See C<Explicit suite specification> for
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more information on getting specific packages from specific suites.
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'Architecture' and 'directory' can be overridden on the command line.
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Some other general options also have command line options.
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Note that multistrap ignores any unrecognised options in the config
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file - this allows for backwards-compatible behaviour as well as
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overloading the multistrap config files to support other tools
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(like pbuilder).
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(like pbuilder). Use the C<--simulate> option to see the combined
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configuration settings.
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=head1 Section settings
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keyring=debian-archive-keyring
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suite=lenny
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The section name (in [] brackets) needs to be unique for this configuration
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file and any configuration files which this file includes. Section names
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are case insensitive (all comparisons happen after conversion to lower
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case).
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The section name (in [] brackets) needs to be unique for this
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configuration file and any configuration files which this file
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includes. Section names are case insensitive (all comparisons happen
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after conversion to lower case).
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'packages' is the list of packages to be added when this Section
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is listed in C<bootstrap>.
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To use authenticated apt repositories, multistrap either needs to be
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able to install an appropriate keyring package from the existing apt
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sources *outside the multistrap environment* or have the relevant keys
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already configured using apt-key *on the host system*.
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sources B<outside the multistrap environment> or have the relevant keys
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already configured using apt-key B<on the host system>.
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If relevant packages exist, specify them in the 'keyring' option for
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each repository. multistrap will then check that apt has already
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installed this package so that the repository can be authenticated
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before any packages are downloaded from it.
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Note that *all* repositories to be used with multistrap must be
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Note that B<all> repositories to be used with multistrap must be
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authenticated or apt will fail. Similarly, secure apt can only be
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disabled for all repositories (by using the --no-auth command line
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option or setting the general noauth option in the configuration
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multistrap is stateless - if the directory exists, it will simply
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proceed as normal and apt will try to pick up where it left off.
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=head1 Configuration
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=head1 Root Filesystem Configuration
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multistrap unpacks the downloaded packages but other stages of
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system configuration are not attempted. Examples include:
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/etc/init.d
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/etc/dhcp3
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Any device-specific device nodes will also need to be created
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using MAKEDEV.
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As an alternative, multistrap includes a device-table.pl helper
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script that can work around some of the issues with MAKEDEV.
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device-table.pl requires a device table file along the lines of
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the one in the mtd-utils source package.
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Any device-specific device nodes will also need to be created using
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MAKEDEV or C<device-table.pl> - a helper script that can work around
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some of the issues with MAKEDEV. F<device-table.pl> requires a device
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table file along the lines of the one in the mtd-utils source package.
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See F</usr/share/doc/multistrap/examples/device_table.txt>
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Once multistrap has successfully created the basic file and
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directory layout, other device-specific scripts are needed before
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files will be used in the calculations - dependencies of those packages
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will be added but no others.
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Packages with Priority: important or standard are never included by
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C<multistrap> unless specifically included in a C<packages=> option in
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a section specified in the C<bootstrap> general option.
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=head1 Recommends behaviour
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The Debian default behaviour after the Lenny release was to consider
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codehelp
14 years ago