r/o profile build

Building m-p-d stuff in-tree was plagued by accidental
generated file commits, and it wasn't nice at all anyways.

Makefile

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ include clean.mk
 include distro.mk
 include iso.mk
 
+# this could have come come from environment;
+# if not, can be symlinked if r/w, or made anew
+ifndef BUILDDIR
+BUILDDIR := $(shell realpath build || bin/mktmpdir mkimage-profiles.build)
+endif
+
 # we can't use implicit rules for top-level targets, only for prereqs
 CONFIGS=$(shell sed -n 's,^distro/\([^:]\+\):.*$$,\1,p' distro.mk)
 DISTROS=$(addsuffix .iso,$(CONFIGS))
@@ -15,4 +21,16 @@ all:
 	@echo '** available distribution targets:'
 	@echo $(DISTROS) | fmt -sw65 | column -t
 
+prep:
+	@echo "** BUILDDIR: $(BUILDDIR)"
+#	ls -ld $(BUILDDIR)
+	@rsync -qaH --delete image.in/ "$(BUILDDIR)"/image/
+	@rm -f "$(BUILDDIR)"/.config.mk
+	@touch "$(BUILDDIR)"/.config.mk
+	@mkdir "$(BUILDDIR)"/.mki
+	@rm -f build
+	@[ -w . ] \
+		&& ln -sf "$(BUILDDIR)" build \
+		|| echo "** profile directory readonly: skipping symlinks, env only"
+
 $(DISTROS): %.iso: | prep distro/% iso

clean.mk

@@ -8,12 +8,5 @@ distclean: clean
 	@[ -d build/ ] && \
 		make -C build/image $@ GLOBAL_BUILDDIR=$(shell readlink build) && \
 		rm -r $(shell readlink build) && \
-		rm .config.mk build \
+		rm build \
 	||:
-
-# it can be symlinked if r/w (see configure);
-# if not, then should come from environment
-BUILDDIR ?= $(shell realpath build)
-
-prep:
-	@echo BUILDDIR: $(BUILDDIR)

configure

@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@ PARAMS="$@"
 # copy profiles there to configure a copy, not master tree
 # keeping profile itself completely readonly would be nice
 
-export BUILDDIR="$(bin/mktmpdir mkimage-profiles.build)"
+#export BUILDDIR="$(bin/mktmpdir mkimage-profiles.build)"
 #ls -ld $BUILDDIR
 
 #find image.in -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 cp -at "$BUILDDIR"/ --
-rsync -qaH --delete image.in/ "$BUILDDIR"/image/
+#rsync -qaH --delete image.in/ "$BUILDDIR"/image/
 #rm -f "$BUILDDIR"/.config.mk
-touch "$BUILDDIR"/.config.mk
+#touch "$BUILDDIR"/.config.mk
-mkdir "$BUILDDIR"/.mki
+#mkdir "$BUILDDIR"/.mki
-rm -f build
+#rm -f build
-[ -w . ] \
+#[ -w . ] \
-&& ln -sf "$BUILDDIR" build \
+#&& ln -sf "$BUILDDIR" build \
-|| echo "profile directory readonly: skipping symlinks, env only"
+#|| echo "profile directory readonly: skipping symlinks, env only"
 
 # remember all those --with-*?  we'll pass them downstream, honestly
-echo "$PARAMS" > "$BUILDDIR"/.with
+#echo "$PARAMS" > "$BUILDDIR"/.with

distro.mk

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ### build up distribution's configuration
 CONFIG = $(BUILDDIR)/.config.mk
 
-# ACHTUNG: don"t use ANY quotes ('/") for put() arguments!
+# NB: don"t use ANY quotes ('/") for put() arguments!
-#          shell will get confused by ' or args get spammed with "
+# shell will get confused by ' or args get spammed with "
 put = $(and $(1),$(put_body))
 define put_body
 @printf '%s\n' '$(1)#=- $@' >> "$(CONFIG)";
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ init:
 	:> $(CONFIG)
 	$(call put,KFLAVOUR=std-def)	###
 	$(call put,IMAGE_INIT_LIST=+branding-$$(BRANDING)-release)
-	#$(call put,STAGE1_PACKAGES=kernel-image-$$(KFLAVOUR))
+	@#$(call put,STAGE1_PACKAGES=kernel-image-$$(KFLAVOUR))
 	$(call put,KERNEL_PACKAGES=kernel-image-$$(KFLAVOUR))
 
 # NB: our */* are phony targets really, just for namespace

image.in/configure.ac

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(aptconf,
 			    AC_MSG_CHECKING([apt.conf file])
 			    if test -r "$with_aptconf"  ; then
 				    APTCONF="$with_aptconf"
-				    AC_MSG_RESULT([** $with_aptconf exists])
+				    AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_aptconf exists])
 				    else
 					    echo "WARNING: $with_aptconf missing, ignoring"
 				    fi
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(mkimage,
 			    AC_MSG_CHECKING([mkimage])
 			    if test -d "$with_mkimage/tools"; then
 				    MKIMAGE_PREFIX="$with_mkimage"
-				    AC_MSG_RESULT([** $with_mkimage/tools exists])
+				    AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_mkimage/tools exists])
 			    fi
 			    ],
 			    [

iso.mk

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ pkgs:
 iso: pkgs
 	@echo "** starting image build process"
 	@### setup GLOBAL_BOOT_TYPE, etc
-	(cd $(BUILDDIR)/image; autoconf; ./configure --with-aptconf=/etc/apt/apt.conf.SS_64)	###
+	(cd $(BUILDDIR)/image; autoconf; ./configure --with-aptconf=$(HOME)/apt/apt.conf)	###
-	echo $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/image GLOBAL_BUILDDIR=$(BUILDDIR)
+	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/image GLOBAL_BUILDDIR=$(BUILDDIR)
 	@# check iso size

pkg/Makefile

@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ pkgs: prep test
 		$(if $(filter environment% file,$(origin $V)),\
 			$(shell cp -a $(addprefix lists/,$(value $V)) \
 				      $(BUILDDIR)/pkg/lists/)))
+	@cp -a lists/.base $(BUILDDIR)/pkg/lists/
 
 # moving this into pkgs spoils execution order (clobbers results)
 prep:
 	mkdir -p $(BUILDDIR)/pkg/{lists,groups}
 
 # dump *_LISTS variables' values
+# TODO: consider GLOBAL_VERBOSE? (currently not coming with .config.mk)
 test:
 	@$(foreach V, \
 		$(filter %_LISTS,$(sort $(.VARIABLES))), \