Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 10:16:32 +0100
From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
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Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] Understanding alpine-setup
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On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:56:52 -0500
lists+alpine-devel@jimpryor.net wrote:

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> > The idea with that option is to create an apkovl that can be copied
> > to boot media.  On boot, those settings would be copied into tmpfs
> > along with the packages that are specified in that overlay file.
> > However, I haven't done much with that option in the past.
> 
> Yes, I figured it was supposed to do something like that. But I don't
> see how it could succeed in doing so, in the scripts as currently
> written (on the 2.3.6 ISO). Or is your last sentence acknowledging
> that this functionality is still being developed?

Development started but died long time ago. We should complete it or
remove it.

> I realize many of these scripts are most likely works in progress, and
> maybe no one's even aimed to fully document them yet. Nonetheless I
> thought it might still be useful for me to point out these gaps as I
> see them. And once I get myself better set up on Alpine, I will post
> patches or enter bug reports directly. At the moment, I'm still just
> getting into the water.

Yes. Thanks for your feedback!

-nc


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