[Fedora-livecd-list] bz#624028 livecd-creator creates iso that doesn't boot

[Brian C. Lane]

I was going to post this on the bug, but I think the list is a better
place for this discussion. And I think it probably relates to a couple
of other bugs.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=624028


I am not sure that these problems are actually livecd-creator problems.
I think they are related to:

1) The mix of packages being selected for your install, and the
repositories providing them

2) The fact that install media is 'frozen', as is anaconda, after an
extensive testing cycle and that packages involved have moved forward,
but are now only tested against running systems, not recreating boot
media.

Because of #2 using the updates and testing-updates repositories can
result in building systems that won't boot.

I think that as a a baseline, things ought to work correctly if only the
base repo is used in the creation. If other packages need to be added
(and that is kinda the point, isn't it?) then making a local repo with
just those hand-selected packages makes sense to me.

-- 
Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)
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