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Which packages +to install is a feature of the profile, as is the basic design of the +'pacman.conf' file. The exact location of the packages (repository +and cache paths) are more related to the build environment. +</p> + +<h3>Package selection</h3> + +<p>See <a href="archin.html#package_selection">here</a> for details of how +the list of packages to be installed is built up. The gui offers +convenient editing of the 'addedpacks' and 'vetopacks' files. +</p> + +<p><em>pacman</em> configuration is handled in separate parts. +'pacman.conf' is effectively split into two, the options part and the +repositories part can be edited separately, though the default options +should be alright for most purposes. This split might ease management +of updates to the structure of the file 'pacman.conf' with new pacman +releases. Default versions of both parts (for the options part a complete +pacman.conf can be used, the repositories will be stripped automatically) +are supplied in the 'data' directory of the 'larch' package. +A simplified format is used for the repository file, details can be +found <a href="archin.html#pacman_conf">here</a>. +</p> + +<p>Note that the <em>larch</em> repository must be available for building +the <em>live</em> system, i.e. it must be included in the 'pacman.conf' +used for the installation process. It is not strictly necessary for the +resulting <em>live</em> system to include this repository. See below for +further details. +</p> + +<h3>'mirrorlist'</h3> + +<p>It is possible to customize the 'mirrorlist' file used for installation. +This can be very convenient, because when building a <em>live</em> system +the build environment can be very different from the run-time environment. +For example, you might use local package repositories for building which +cannot possibly be available when the <em>live</em> system is used. +</p> + +<p>Customized versions of the 'mirrorlist' file are not regarded as +belonging to the profile, because they are build environment specific, so +they are stored in the project directory, which is made current when the +larch backend scripts are run. +</p> + +<h3>Special installation repositories and cache</h3> + +<p>Adjustments to the installation repository file and cache location are +treated as 'advanced' options, because in many cases the defaults will be +perfectly adequate. +</p> + +<h4>Using different mirrors/repositories for the installation</h4> + +<p>The second part of the 'pacman.conf' file, the repository list, can be +specified separately for the installation, via the frame +'Use project repository list'. For certain build environments this can be +very useful. +</p> + +<p>A further way of getting a distinct 'pacman.conf' in the resulting +<em>live</em> system is to put it in the profile's 'rootoverlay' directory +(in the '/etc' subdirectory, as usual). +</p> + +<h4>Package cache</h4> + +<p>Normally the host's standard package cache will be used for the +installation, but it is possible to use a non-standard location. I guess, +however, that this will not normally be necessary. +</p> + +<h3>Tweak installed packages</h3> + +<p>To perform small changes to the base installation, such as updating the +packages, or adding or removing the odd package, it may be convenient not +to have to do a complete reinstallation. To this end a set of buttons for +basic pacman operations are included (in an optional frame). Their use +should be fairly self-explanatory. During testing it can +be helpful to be able to make quick changes like this, but it is probably +not a good idea to use these facilities too freely. The installation will +differ from the specification in the profile (unless you immediately edit +the profile too), which may be no problem for one-offs, but if you ever +want to reuse the profile you may well lose track of what changes you have +made. +</p> + +</div> + + + + <div class="topref"><a href="#top">Top</a></div> + </div> + <!-- begin: #footer --> + <div id="footer"> + <div id="footer-content" role="contentinfo">© 2010 Michael Towers<br /> + Page layout assisted by <a href="http://www.yaml.de/">YAML</a> and + <a href="http://www.kuwata-lab.com/tenjin/">pyTenjin</a> + </div> + </div> + <!-- end: #footer --> + </div> + <!-- end: #col1 --> + <div id="bottom"><div id="bl"><div id="bm"></div></div></div> + </div> +</div> +<!-- full skiplink functionality in webkit browsers --> +<script src="css/yaml/core/js/webkit-focusfix.js" type="text/javascript"></script> +</body> +</html> |