[Simple-cdd-devel] Bug#760309: Bug#760309: simple-cdd: build of squeeze image fails due to missing images/SHA256SUMS file

[Kai Harries]

On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant at debian.org> wrote:
> I definitely thought about how to handle that when I implemented that
> feature, and decided to go for the simplicity of only supporting newer
> releases.

OK, I tend to agree with you.

> What about the following:
>
> diff --git a/build-simple-cdd b/build-simple-cdd
> index 70974ba..7f6038c 100755
> --- a/build-simple-cdd
> +++ b/build-simple-cdd
> @@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ test -z "$simple_cdd_preseed" && simple_cdd_preseed="preseed/file=/cdrom/simple-
>  test -z "$TASK" && TASK=$simple_cdd_temp/simple-cdd.task
>  test -z "$keyring" && keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
>  test -z "$user_gnupghome" && user_gnupghome="false"
> +test -z "$checksum_file_type" && checksum_file_type="SHA256SUMS"
>
>  # set path to include simple-cdd dirs
>  simple_cdd_path=""
> @@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ if [ "true" = "$do_mirror" ] || [ -z "$do_mirror" ] ; then
>                  i386|amd64) di_match_files="/cdrom" ;;
>                  *) di_match_files="." ;;
>              esac
> -            checksum_files="$checksum_files dists/$DI_CODENAME/main/installer-$a/$di_release/images/SHA256SUMS"
> +            checksum_files="$checksum_files dists/$DI_CODENAME/main/installer-$a/$di_release/images/${checksum_file_type}"
>          done
>      fi
>      # run mirroring hooks
>

I have not tested it, but it looks like a good solution.

>
> I recall debian-cd having poor support for building images other than
> the running distro, so you may also need to get fixes into debian-cd for
> that to work... or run your builds in a chroot of compatible
> distribution.
>
>
> I'm not sure how much energy I want to put into support for oldstable in
> general; I am not particularly fond of special casing on a
> per-distribution level.

But then it would be nice if you mention it in the documentation
(sorry, if I have overseen it) and maybe even add a check that aborts
the build with an error message if someone tries to create
incompatible distributions with it.

Kind regards,

Kai