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@@ -1,162 +1,54 @@ # Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc. # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 -# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/catalyst/README,v 1.6 2004/02/11 16:03:19 zhen Exp $ +# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/catalyst/README,v 1.7 2004/02/11 21:11:27 zhen Exp $ -What is Catalyst? -======================== - -Catalyst is the Gentoo Linux project's release building tool. With catalyst, -you are able to completely customize your Gentoo install by customizing -the very tools you install your system with. - -Copying, Licenses, etc +Licensing ======================== Catalyst is copyrighted by Gentoo Technolgies, Inc, and released -under the GNU General Public License v.2.0 or later. For more -information, please read COPYING. - -Authors and Contributors -======================== - -Catalyst is derived from the former Gentoo stage building tool named -stager. After a rewrite into a Gentoo Hardened specific tool, catalyst -was adopted by the Release Engineering team and recoded using Python. -Instead of just building stages like its predecesor stager, Catalyst -is able to build stages, GRP, LiveCDs, and a tinderbox target for all -Gentoo supported architectures. - -Original Authors: -John Davis <zhen@gentoo.org> -Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org> - -Contributors: +under the terms of the GNU General Public License v.2.0 or later. For more +information, please consult COPYING. -Use +Disclaimer ======================== -Here's how you use catalyst. - -First, check out the gentoo/src/catalyst tree (which I'm guessing you -have done.) Then, create an /etc/catalyst.conf file that looks like -this: - -distdir="/mnt/misc/distfiles" -options="ccache pkgcache" -sharedir="/home/drobbins/cvs/gentoo/src/catalyst" - -The "sharedir" variable tells catalyst where to find its various -plugins, and should point to the main catalyst directory that you -checked out. the "options" variable is used to turn on .tbz2 package -caching, which is off by default (you'll likely want it on, however.) -Also, "distdir" is used here to tell catalyst where to look/store -distfiles. The default is "/usr/portage/distfiles". - -Here are other variables you can set, and their default values. -Please remember that *strings must be quoted*, as /etc/catalyst.conf -uses python syntax: - -storedir /var/tmp/catalyst (where to build/write stuff) -sharedir /usr/share/catalyst (where our plugins/scripts are) -distdir /usr/portage/distfiles (where our distfiles are) -portdir /usr/portage (where to grab snapshots from) -options ccache what catalyst options are enabled - -You may also want to create a /usr/bin/catalyst symlink that points -to the real location of your catalyst executable script. - -Creating a Portage tree snapshot -================================ - -First, make sure that your Portage tree is up-to-date as of 06 Nov 2003 -at the earliest, and that portage-2.0.49-r15 or 16 is unmasked for your -specific build. These ebuilds (as of 06 Nov 2003) contain important fixes -to allow catalyst to build properly. If you're not using the default-x86-1.4 -profile for building, please take a look at this profile and ensure that -you are relatively in-sync with it. In particular, make sure that the -GRP_STAGE23_USE variable is set in make.defaults, since catalyst uses -this variable for building stage2 and stage3. - -Before building anything, you need to generate a snapshot of the portage -tree that catalyst should use for building. To do this, ensure that your -to-be-snapshotted portage tree is at /usr/portage, or set the "portdir" -variable in /etc/catalyst.conf to point to the appropriate location, and -then type: - -# catalyst target=snapshot version_stamp=20031102 +Gentoo Linux extends no warranty or guarantee for catalyst. Use at +your own risk. -This will create the following file, assuming a /var/tmp/catalyst "storedir" -setting: - -/var/tmp/catalyst/snapshots/portage-20031102.tar.bz2 - -Grabbing a "seed" stage +Requirements ======================= -Now, you need to grab a "seed" stage1, 2 or 3 tarball from somewhere to -use to build other stages. Put the stage in /var/tmp/catalyst/builds/<profile>/; - -For example, if I have a stage3-pentium4-20031102.tar.bz2 file, I'd put it in: - -/var/tmp/catalyst/builds/default-x86-1.4/stage3-pentium4-20031102.tar.bz2 - -...since that pentium4 stage was built using the "default-x86-1.4" profile. - -Building your first stage -========================= - -Once you have your seed stage, you're now ready to build your first new stage. -Here is a guideline for what components you'll need to build each type of stage: - -stage1 requires "generic" (ie. "x86" or "ppc") stage2 or 3 -NOTE: you can't use a stage1 to build a stage1 - -stage2 requires "generic" stage1 (the only kind you should have :) - -stage3 requires stage2 of same type (ie. to build a "pentium3" stage3, you need -a "pentium3" stage2, etc.) - -** Currently, only "stage1", "stage2" and "stage3" targets are supported. ** +-Python +-Gentoo Linux Portage +-GNU gcc, glibc, binutils -Of course, to build each stage you will also need the Portage tree snapshot -that you created above. - -To build a stage, type a command like this: - -# catalyst subarch=x86 version_stamp=20031102 target=stage2 rel_type=default rel_version=1.4 snapshot=20031102 source_subpath=default-x86-1.4/stage1-x86-20031102 - -Wow -- that's a huge command! What does it mean? Let's look at the various arguments: - -cmdline arg meaning ------------ ------- -subarch=x86 build "generic" x86 stage (could also be "pentium3", "athlon-xp", "g4", etc.) -version_stamp=20031102 give this stage being built a version stamp of "20031102" -target=stage2 the type of stage we want to build is a stage2 -rel_type=default use a "default-<mainarch>-??" profile (other possibilities: "hardened", etc.) -rel_version=1.4 use a "??-<mainarch>-1.4" profile (note: mainarch is auto-determined from the subarch you provide) -snapshot=20031102 use the Portage tree snapshot you created that has the "20031102" version_stamp -source_subpath=default-x86-1.4/stage1-x86-20031102 - To build our stage2, use a stage1 found at /var/tmp/catalyst/builds/ + this path. You are responsible - for ensuring that you choose an appopriate source stage for building your desired target stage. +What is Catalyst? +======================== -After you type this command, building should begin, and hopefully complete -successfully, at which point the following tarball will be created: +Catalyst is the Gentoo Linux project's release building tool. With catalyst, +you are able to completely customize your Gentoo install by customizing +the very tools you install your system with. -/var/tmp/catalyst/builds/default-x86-1.4/stage2-x86-20031102.tar.bz2 +Catalyst is capable of: -The build directory used to build this stage can be found at: +-Building installation stages for every architecutre supported by Gentoo. +-Building bootable LiveCDs for every architecture supported by Gentoo. +-Building GRP (Gentoo Reference Platform) sets for every architecture supported by Gentoo. +-Setting up a Tinderbox target for test building. -/var/tmp/catalyst/tmp/default-x86-1.4/stage2-x86-20031102/ +Configuring catalyst +======================== -Building x86 stages on amd64 -============================ +After emerging catalyst, the first thing (and probably only thing) +that you will have to do is edit /etc/catalyst.conf to your liking. -Catalyst currently supports building x86 stages on 64-bit AMD64 systems. To do -this, simply use as you would on x86, but ensure that the linux32 ebuild is -emerged before starting. Catalyst will detect that you are building a 32-bit -stage and will use the linux32 tool automatically when setting up chroots. -Everything should work identically to if you were using a 32-bit system. +Example catalyst.conf: -Questions, bug reports: -drobbins@gentoo.org +distdir="/usr/portage/distfiles" +options="ccache pkgcache" +sharedir="/usr/share/catalyst/modules" +There are many more options that can be set, but those defaults are good +for out of the box operation. For more documentation on what you can do +with catalyst, please check the man page or the online documentation at +<http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst>. |