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The first release after add VERSION file showed that I forgot to update VERSION. Therefore, should discard this file. VERSION only used in man file.
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.\" Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Michael Shigorin <mike@altlinux.org>
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.\" Copyright (C) 2020-2024 Anton Midyukov <antohami@altlinux.org>
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.\"
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.\" Documentation for mkimage-profiles project.
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.\"
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.\" This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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.\" (at your option) any later version.
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.\"
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.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
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.\"
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.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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.\" Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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.\"
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.TH "MKIMAGE-PROFILES" "mkimage-profiles" "ALT"
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.SH "NAME"
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mkimage-profiles \- ALT distribution family metaprofile
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.B make
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.IR "" [ options ]
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.I "" [ <goal> ... ]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.BR mkimage-profiles
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builds operating environment images based on ALT package repositories.
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Run
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.BR make\ help
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to obtain list of available goals.
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.SH "PREREQUISITES"
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mkimage-profiles only needs
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.BR make(1)
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and
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.BR rsync(1)
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to generate the build profile;
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.BR mkimage
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is used to actually run the build (which involves
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.BR hasher(7)
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quite a few times).
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.BR git(1)
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will be used if available so that the generated profile is an annotated
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git repository;
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.BR graphviz(1)
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can be used to obtain build dependency graphs.
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.SH "RATIONALE"
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Long time ago when Linux distribution images were worked upon by hand
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there was little need for generalization and sharing the common base.
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Building several "generic" ALT{, Linux} distros in a team and maintaining
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their educational flavours at the same time proved the need to be able
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to describe what's common and what's different in a way that doesn't
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resemble more or less complete forks.
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Enter mkimage-profiles: choose what's closest to your dream image
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and add what's missing, or roll on your own using the rich library
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of existing parts and bits.
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.SH "REQUIREMENTS"
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The next-generation image build system for ALT must:
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.TP
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1.
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provide reasonable means to describe common/differing aspects within
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image families;
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.TP
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2.
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ensure reproducible build results;
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.TP
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3.
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support distribution family maintenance workflows
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observed in the wild (e.g., with
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.BR mkimage-profiles-desktop
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or earlier);
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.TP
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4.
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help out with diagnosing build problems.
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.SH "ARCHITECTURE"
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.BR mkimage-profiles
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implements four steps to achieve the above goals:
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.TP
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1.
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initialize the off-tree mkimage profile (BUILDDIR);
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.TP
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2.
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build up distribution's configuration there;
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.TP
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3.
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copy over the needed subprofiles/features/lists/groups;
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.TP
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4.
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build the ISO/VE/VM image.
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.PP
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This results in a compact "as-needed" style per-image profile that can
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be actually studied in a short amount of time and might get included
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into the generated image as a tarball for better reproducibility.
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.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.BR make\ syslinux.iso
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should result in a minimal bootable ISO image.
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Another example is Regular Builds project yielding weekly images:
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.BR https://en.altlinux.org/regular
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.SH "AUTHOR"
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Written by Michael Shigorin <mike@altlinux.org>, Anton Midyukov <antohami@altlinux.org>
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Report bugs to https://bugzilla.altlinux.org
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.br
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(Sisyphus project, mkimage-profiles component).
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.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright \(co) 2010-2020 Michael Shigorin <mike@altlinux.org>, 2020-2024 Anton Midyukov <antohami@altlinux.org>
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.br
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
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There is NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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.SH "FURTHER READING"
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First and foremost:
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.BR /usr/share/mkimage-profiles/QUICKSTART
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Please refer to
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.BR README
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files in the tree starting with the toplevel one for more
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information; these can be assembled into a handbook using
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.BR asciidoc(1)
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(available at
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.BR https://nightly.altlinux.org/docs/
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as weekly HTML/PDF updates).
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Specific topics are covered within
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.BR doc/
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subdirectory; e.g.
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.BR make
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options are described in
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.BR doc/params.txt
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file.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.br
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.BR hsh(1),
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.BR mkimage,
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.br
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.BR https://www.vimeo.com/23522095
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