[Bug 392772] New: Generate software pattern from installed system in product creator
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=392772 Summary: Generate software pattern from installed system in product creator Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Factory Platform: Other OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: deanjo@sasktel.net QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- It would be really nice that we would be able to simply click on this yast module and to have a persons currently installed repo's and package selection selected to create a restore DVD of sorts. Then all a person would have to select is custom pattern on install but leave all the other customizable options available like network setup, partitioning, etc etc. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Robert Vojcik
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Jiří Suchomel
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--- Comment #2 from Dean Hilkewich
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Dean Hilkewich
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Jiří Suchomel
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Jiří Suchomel
There are a few problems with that.
First the Add-On module requires that you have the packages locally. YaST package manager so far as I can see does not have an option to save packages, so it requires you to download them manually resulting in the very real possibility of missing a few package dependencies. This creates a huge amount of work and makes it very easy to miss some packages and does not make it easy at all when your wanting to add rpm's that are readily available on the repositories.
Hm, it may be a nice feature to allow Add-On creator to use your installation sources and not only take the local rpm's. Would such feature satisfy your needs?
For example what I have to do right now to create custom iso is this. ...
-Open up Product Creator -Select my Base Source (which it seems can only be the Installation DVD, selecting the factory repo results in griping about not being able to find a description of some sorts in the boot floppy directory)
This is bug 396704
-Digitally Sign the Product (requiring an insane amount of the same password > to be entered way too many times) and then create my ISO or Repo
Looks like a bug as well...
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Then when I want to install the ISO it shows all of the original patterns, the big problem with this is creating the ISO does not copy all of the original items on the DVD as well so selecting on of the prebuilt patterns results in missing files and you have to remember all of the packages you added on it.
Bug 393515
If I had an option there to select my package selection based on the packages I can be assured that my personal preferences are going to be installed with all the needed dependencies.
Now ideally IMHO Product Creator would have the capabilty to work like this.
-Open up Product Creator -Asks me if I want to create a restore DVD of the installed system or do one of the other present options -I select yes to the restore DVD option -It automatically selects my active repositories and parses the installed packages (the user-packages.xml file) and creates that as a Pattern upon installation as we already know that the dependencies that are needed are on the system and satisfied.
Looks like the sufficient option would be another radiobutton/checkbox before the dialog with the source selection called "clone this system", which would preselect your own sources and the installed packages. Ladislav, what do you think? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Ladislav Slezak
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