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The files in this directory are used to build the Debian installer.
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Basically it consists of downloading udebs, unpacking them, applying some magic
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(library reduction etc.) and building an image.
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Recipe:
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- install the build-dependancies on the host system
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- adjust apt sources (create sources.list.local - see sources.list)
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- run "{sudo,fakeroot} make build"
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A more detailed overview of how the installer is built:
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* sources.list is used to configure apt to download udebs from a mirror.
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You can change it to use whatever debian archive is convenient for you.
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* pkg-lists/base contains udebs that are put on all systems; the other files
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in that directory define different types of debian installer systems
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by listing the udebs that they are composed of. Note that
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${kernel:Version} in these files is replaced with the kernel version, as
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set in the KVERS variable in the Makefile.
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* The Makefile has a TYPE variable that selects one of the lists. Eg,
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"fakeroot make TYPE=net"
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* Apt is used to download the required udebs. This does *not* include
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libraries; libraries used by udebs must be installed on the build system,
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and so are build-depended on.
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* If you have some udebs that are not available on your mirror yet,
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you can drop them in localudebs/ and they will be used.
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* Dpkg is used to unpack the udebs into the build directory.
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* A customized set of reduced libraries is generated to correspond to the
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udebs that were installed.
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* "make demo" (run as root) will chroot into the system.
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