[Patches] Importing debian distros

[Javier Palacios]

Hello to all,

I've updated the content of
https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/AlternateDebianDeployment
and created proper patches for current devel version. The github is at
http://github.com/javiplx/debian-devel/commits/debian-devel, and I've
tried to split as much as possible to make easier to examine.

The first three patches are fixes for bugs I've found, probably not so
clear for redhat distros, but required to allow debian imports. The
target of the other patches is basically to add --os-version support
to cobbler-import and cobbler-repo. The option is required for import,
but for repos it could be considered a "feature". It is very useful
for debian because makes straightforward to create a repo for a
different version or architecture just by copying an existing.

I cannot perform a real deployment test right now, but I will inform
as soon as I do.

Javier palacios

[Michael DeHaan]

Javier Palacios wrote:
> Hello to all,
>
> I've updated the content of
> https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/AlternateDebianDeployment
> and created proper patches for current devel version. The github is at
> http://github.com/javiplx/debian-devel/commits/debian-devel, and I've
> tried to split as much as possible to make easier to examine.
>
> The first three patches are fixes for bugs I've found, probably not so
> clear for redhat distros, but required to allow debian imports. The
> target of the other patches is basically to add --os-version support
> to cobbler-import and cobbler-repo. The option is required for import,
> but for repos it could be considered a "feature". It is very useful
> for debian because makes straightforward to create a repo for a
> different version or architecture just by copying an existing.
>
> I cannot perform a real deployment test right now, but I will inform
> as soon as I do.

Thanks for the contributions.

Quick question before I merge this...

By "cannot performa real deployment test", do you mean that they are all 
import related and shouldn't really have any change to the deployments? 
(In which case, no additional testing should be needed), or that these 
need further testing that haven't been done yet?
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[Javier Palacios]

> By "cannot performa real deployment test", do you mean that they are all
> import related and shouldn't really have any change to the deployments?
> (In which case, no additional testing should be needed), or that these
> need further testing that haven't been done yet?

Maybe it was a little confusing.
As far as I've tested, the import works fine (although it might broke
other distros).
What I cannot assure is that with the import results is really
possible to deploy a system. Let say, it might be a problem with the
hostname or suite in sample.seed, for example. I will try that on
weekend when I can arrange a second laptop.

Hopefully, this second explanation is easier to understand, although
right now I'm not in my best shape...

Javier Palacios

[Javier Palacios]

Hello Michael,

did you get chance to see the patches?
Yesterday I realized that something happened with github, and the only
repository (so patches) there is an old one.
If you did'nt get the patches, tell me and I will recreate the github again.

Javier palacios

[Michael DeHaan]

Javier Palacios wrote:
> Hello Michael,
>
> did you get chance to see the patches?
> Yesterday I realized that something happened with github, and the only
> repository (so patches) there is an old one.
> If you did'nt get the patches, tell me and I will recreate the github again.
>
> Javier palacios
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> cobbler-devel mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler-devel

Something happened with your github?

My main copy is not github, it's fedorahosted (though I do try to keep 
them synced up always)

Anyway, yes, I did do a force push at one time due to a bad merge and -- 
while I thought everything was preserved -- you may be right.

In which case, yes, applying them again would be much appreciated.  I 
wouldn't want to miss anything.

Thanks!

--Michael

[Javier Palacios]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Michael DeHaan  wrote:
> Something happened with your github?

Well, actually the new debian-devel repository just disappeared. But
I've looked it again right now, and it is back exactly as I remember
it.
So, we can forget my previous mail. Maybe was some temporary problem in github.

Javier Palacios

[Javier Palacios]

Hello,

I need to upload a small patch to github and modify a bit the wiki
page, but now I can confirm that the updated import procedure allows
to install a fresh system.
I've been able to install debian lenny in a nearly unnatended way,
disturbed only by questions about extra drivers disk (it was a laptop
with unsupported wifi), and disk formatting (which I forced because it
holds multiple runnable systems and I didn't want to brick it).

There are a few rough points which are not cobbler faults but maybe
debian installer ones or specific from my own setup, but the actual
deployment was right.

I'm on the way to test deployment of virtual machines with koan, but
as far as concerns real machines I'm happy, and also exhausted my test
infrastructure.

Javier Palacios