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update to current archIso
* Create directories and copy files to the FAT image using mtools instead of mounting the file system
- mtools supports SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
- The image file is operated on directly instead of mounting the file system. This is a prerequisite to limit the commands that run with root privileges. Related to https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/issues/40 .
- Add a reminder comment to not get rid of the dosfstools dependency, since a mformat made FAT image can fail to boot on some systems.
* Change call to mkarchiso to use the profile's directory as a named argument instead of an option-argument.
* Add Joliet file system to the ISO
- Joliet ensures correct file names capitalization on operating systems that support Joliet but not support Rock Ridge.
- Implements https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/issues/45 .
* Deprecate build.sh scripts and old mkarchiso commands
- Replace build.sh scripts with calls to mkarchiso -B "profiledir" build_profile.
* packages.x86_64: replace exfat-utils with exfatprogs
- exfatprogs uses the kernel's driver unlike exfat-utils which provides a FUSE driver.
* syslinux/archiso_pxe.cfg: add "checksum" and "verify" boot options
- An ISO's checksum and GPG validation primarily matters when PXE booting, so it would be appropriate to enable these options for releng.
- They should protect against booting a corrupt image.
* releng: copy UEFI shell from airootfs instead of the host system
* releng: place custom sshd_config in airootfs
- Properly track the file instead of modifying it on-the-fly with customize_airootfs.sh.
- See https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/issues/21 .
* Use latest synced mirrors instead of age
- configs/releng/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/reflector.service:
- Use the 70 mirrors synced most recently (--latest) instead of a specific time since last sync (--age).
- According to FS#67399 using 1hour as sync age is too short, as it sometimes leads to empty list.
* Place custom mkinitcpio.conf in airootfs.
* Remove unnecessary files from releng's airootfs
- configs/releng/airootfs/etc/fstab:
- /etc/fstab shipped by the filesystem package has only comments. There is no reason to replace it with an empty file.
- configs/releng/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/default.target:
- There is no harm in booting to graphical.target. releng does not enable (or even install) any service that has {Required,Wanted}By=graphical.target.
* Add GPL-3.0 license.
- Add SPDX license identifier.
* Set root user's shell and password with custom /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
- Correct shadow file permissions from build.sh.
* Explicitly add linux and mkinitcpio to packages.x86_64
- linux only gets pulled in because of broadcom-wl and mkinitcpio (usually) gets pulled in by linux.
* Don't hardcode packages in build.sh
- Move all required packages to packages.x86_64.
- Test file availability before copying them.
* add Installation_guide convenience script
- /usr/local/bin/Installation_guide:
- Add a convenience script which opens the installation guide in lynx.
- /etc/motd:
- Provide a message with minimal instructions for connecting to internet and inform about the Installation_guide convenience script.
* Remove unnecessary dialog package
- dialog was only added because it was needed for netctl's wifi-menu.
- Now that netctl is removed, nothing requires dialog.
* Use /usr/bin/env in shebangs
* Add work and out directories to .gitignore
* Remove unneded ReadOnlyPaths from reflector.service
- configs/releng/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/reflector.service:
- Remove references to a nonexistent file.
* Keep /root permissions as 750
- The filesystem package installs /root as 750 not 700.
* Move chmod from customize_airootfs.sh to build.sh.
* Update pacman.conf to the current version shipped by the pacman package
* Sort packages.x86_64
- Additionally update names of renamed packages:
- https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/bind&id=1b097b9bcaddd65c7af4f92efef175f959395a7e
- https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/vim&id=807b49bf022a6d523ca6215d5b34cd1e37457bd5
* Warn about Syslinux's reboot.c32 and poweroff.c32 requiring APM
- configs/releng/syslinux/archiso_tail.cfg:
- APM is old and some motherboard firmwares have removed support for it.
- reboot.c32 and poweroff.c32 will not work on such firmwares.
- Add a help text to "Reboot" and "Power Off" boot menu entries that warns about requiring APM.
* Add terminus-font
- When built with CONFIG_FONT_TER16x32, the Linux kernel includes a TER16x32 font based on ter-i32b from terminus-font. The kernel will automatically choose this font on screen resolutions larger than 1920×1080.
- The terminus-font package includes fonts for other character sets, which may be useful during installation.
* Add *-terminfo packages to ease installation via SSH
* Automatically boot the installation environment from syslinux
- Timeout is 3 seconds to match systemd-boot's configuration.
* Allow systemd-networkd-wait-online to succeed with one interface
- It is enough if one network interface is online, there is no need to wait for all of them.
- Without this, when connecting with Wi-Fi and leaving Ethernet disconnected, the network-online.target will get unnecessarily delayed.
* Move choose-mirror script to /usr/local/bin/
- /etc/systemd/scripts/ is not a standard directory.
* Add reflector and enable reflector.service
- reflector.service will update pacman's mirrorlist after a network connection is established in the live system.
- Fixes https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archiso/-/issues/26 .
* Standardizing boot loader entry format
- {configs/releng/efiboot/loader/entries/archiso-x86_64-{cd,usb}.conf,configs/releng/syslinux/archiso_{pxe,sys}.cfg}:
- Standardizing the boot loader entry format by switching all entries to the form:
- "Arch Linux install medium (<CARCH>[, <PROPERTY>])".
- This removes the distinction between "CD" and "USB" when booting in UEFI "el-torito" (as the information is not useful).
- Changing some of the syslinux help text as well to reflect this change. This also drops the specific <CARCH> from the
- syslinux help text as it is duplicated information.
* Add efibootmgr
- It was previously pulled in as a dependency of refind. Now that refind is removed, add efibootmgr explicitly.
* Add back lsscsi
- It cannot be fully replaced by lsblk.
* Clear the screen after syslinux exits
- Reduce the time where boot loader artifacts linger on screen after the boot loader has done its job.
* Set timezone from outside chroot
* Enable systemd units with symlinks instead of doing it via systemctl in chroot
* Use drop-in files for journald and logind configuration
* IPv6 DHCP
- configs/releng/airootfs/etc/systemd/network/20-{ethernet,wirless}.network:
- Making sure that systemd-networkd enables DHCP capabilities also for
- IPv6 ('DHCP=yes' and unsetting IPv6AcceptRA - see `man 5
- systemd.network` for further information).
* Adding systemd-resolvconf
- configs/releng/packages.x86_64:
- Due to dropping netctl from the image, no packgae currently directly
- pulls in a resolvconf provider.
- The systemd-resolvconf package is compatible with systemd-resolved which
- is in use on the image now and the preferred choice.
* Enabling iwd
- configs/releng/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/iwd.service:
- Adding a symlink to /usr/lib/systemd/system/iwd.service to enable iwd in
- airootfs (and thus on the image).
* Removin unneeded packages
- configs/releng/packages.x86_64:
- Removing packages:
- * grub :rescue/ installation actions for grub should be run from within
a chroot
- * lsscsi: lsblk provides the same functionality
- * netctl: we have systemd-networkd enabled by default
- * ntp: we have systemd-timesyncd
- * refind: rescue/ installation actions for refind should be run from
- within a chroot
- * vi: we have vim
* Adding nvme-cli to package list
- configs/releng/packages.x86_64:
- Adding nvme-cli to the list of packages for working with NVME drives in
- a live environment (as discussed in FS#63769).
* Removing wget in favor of curl
- configs/releng/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh:
- Replacing wget with curl for the use-case of downloading a
- pre-specified remote startup script (changing flags where needed).
- configs/releng/packages.x86_64:
- Removing wget from the list of installed packages, as
- .automated_script.sh was the only reason for it being installed.
* Numerical prefix for systemd-networkd configuration
- Adding a numerical prefix ('20-') to the ethernet.network and
- wireless.network configuration files for systemd-networkd.
- This way overriding them can become more predictable e.g. by providing
- files with a '30-' prefix.
* Removing custom UEFI shell boot loader configs
- configs/releng/build.sh:
- Copying the edk2-shell based Shell_Full.efi to the root of the iso/ efi
- image as 'shellx64.efi' is automatically picked up by certain hardware
- and by systemd-boot.
- This makes all custom UEFI shell configuration obsolete.
- configs/releng/efiboot/loader/entries/uefi-shell-*.conf:
- Removing obsolete custom UEFI shell boot loader configuration.
* Removing efitools
- configs/releng/build.sh:
- Removing the efitools based PreLoader.efi and HashTool.efi, as they are
- dead weight due to not allowing secure boot (FS#59487).
- Future secure boot functionality (most probably based on shim) is being
- discussed in FS#53864.
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