[Fedora-livecd-list] [PATCH 1/7] livecd filesystem layout cleanups -- remove /sysroot

[Douglas McClendon]

This is the first in a series of patches that implements the livecd 
filesystem layout changes I proposed in an RFC a couple days ago.

Please note, that I am not all that intent on pushing these on people if 
they don't want them.  But I'm intent enough that I felt like throwing a 
working set of patches together, to at least scare people into voicing 
approval or opposition.  I would be perfectly content to file these 
away, and possibly revisit them for F9.  But, if people want them, I 
certainly wouldn't mind seeing them applied sooner.

These have been tested on minimal spins under qemu.

VERY IMPORTANTLY: much of the code changes have to do with legacy 
support in livecd-iso-to-disk and livecd-creator --base-on-iso, but I 
have not tested these AT ALL.  If people voice no opposition, and some 
approval, then I will go to the trouble of testing those things.  And in 
that case, this submission is also an avenue for feedback.

Note, the --base-on-iso legacy support may be pointless, as if these 
were adopted for F8, then there is no reason to allow an f8 version of 
livecd-creator to run --base-on-iso against an F7 livecd.

Now on to the patches.  I'll elaborate in individual emails.  This first 
patch, should probably be applied regardless of the rest.  It simply 
removes the apparently pointless /sysroot directory from the iso9660 
filesystem.  Please let me know if I'm wrong and this is somehow needed 
by something.

6 more after this one...

-dmc