[elbe-users] Double archive extract vs finetuning

[Manuel Traut]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 06:02:00PM +0000, Lukasz Walewski wrote:
> >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >Von: elbe-users [mailto:elbe-users-bounces at linutronix.de] Im Auftrag von
> >Ralf Schlatterbeck
> >Gesendet: Samstag, 3. Februar 2018 21:11
> >An: ELBE-users list
> >Betreff: [elbe-users] Double archive extract vs finetuning
> 
> Hi Ralf,
> 
> >In the log I see that the archive is extracted twice, once before, once
> >after finetuning. Is there a way to get rid of files in the archive in
> >the resulting image?
> 
> I think it's discouraged / difficult by design.

It is removed in devel/elbe-3.0. Since elbe v2.9.3 (that can be retrieved from
debian.linutronix.de/elbe-testing) the archive extract after finetuning was
dropped.

> >Usecase: I need to copy the bootloader to the image to use the binary
> >blob stanza (bootloader is copied to the boot section in an msdos image)
> >of course I do not want a bootloader file in the filesystem of the
> >resulting image.
> 
> You could:
> 1. pack your bootloader files in a *.deb package
> 2. publish that package on a local mirror (you can easily setup one using reprepro, aptly or similar)
> 3. include the package in your <pkg-list/>
> 4. do your bootloader thing in <finetuning/>
> 5. remove the package when you are done (also in <finetuning/> but just later), e.g.:
> 
> <command>apt-get -q -y purge your-bootloader-package</command>
> 
> That's what I do with augeas-tools & co., which I use to edit configuration files in /etc while building (obviously I don't want augeas in the resulting image).
> 
> Best,
> Lukasz
> 
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