Difference between revisions of "Sugar Creation Kit/sck/Advanced Topics"

Sweets Distribution

Sweets-Getting Started

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Some ideas on how to present SWEETS. (Inkyfingers)
look at Infrastructure for an overview.

Sweets Distribution

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(Sweets Distribution is easier to use for Ubuntu' and its Derivatives (Adding an additional Repository to apt) as the packages are pre-configured, ready to use.)

Sweets Distribution

(Developed for Trisquel-sugar-Toast )

Sweets

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(Advanced)

Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, openSUSE, and Gentoo

(This guide describes how to run Sugar using Sugar Packaging Management System, Sweets.)

Request for better Documentation of installs

Log of Installation of sugar-sweets 0.88 and 0.94 on f16-GNOME3-shell

Installing_Sugar_via_sweets_-_in_Mint-12

Installing_Sugar_via_sweets_-_in_Debian_testing_Wheezy

sweets packaging

(For developers)

Sugar Network

Sugar Network
Overview: Sugar_Network/Concept

Collaboration support for Internet-less environments (but not only)

Harmonic Distribution

Look at this tutorial: Sugar_Network/Tutorial

* The possibility to launch Base Software in heterogeneous
  software and hardware environments.
* Using Base Software, provide access to various Content
  (Sugar activities, artifacts created by Sugar activities, books, etc.)
  created within the Sugar community.
* Using Base Software, provide collaborative functionality to
  support Social activity around the Content.
* Instruments and workflows to adapt Content and Base Software
  to specific needs that Sugar Deployment might face,
  including extreme ones like off-line environments and restricting
  hardware.

[Sugar-devel] [SWEETS] Testing collaboration related fixes 05/07/2012

Hi all!
Following the plan for Harmonic Distribution v0.2 (which will be a basis
for Sugar Distribution to use in peruvian pilot), in Sugar Shell code
were made fixes that are intended to make Telepathy (everything related to
Neighbourhood view and Sugar Activities sharing/joining) more stable
(that was broken since global redesign started after 0.88 release).
Fixes are accessible from SweetsDistribution:Factory repository. Follow
regular Sweets Distribution installation instructions[1] to install
fixed Sugar Shell on all supported platforms[2].
Some visible changes in F1 view:
* the number of buddies should be increased from ~20 to 70-90
  some Sugar versions (maybe 0.90-0.92) don't publish information about
  nickname/colors on regular basis; this information are being stored on
  disk for now
* for some buddies, server still don't have information about colors
  (replaced by gray) and nick names (jabber ids)
If you have a time and want to help Puno deployment pilot, please,
consider possibility to install sweets-desktop from Factory repository
and do some testing of collaboration functionality.

Some tips:

* while interacting with another buddies, make sure that all
  participants use Sweets Distribution (some F1 buddies might misbehave)
* the good criteria of stability level of new Sugar is comparing with
  how collaboration happen in 0.88 Sugar.
Source code, for interested in people, can be found in top commits from:

* http://git.sugarlabs.org/desktop/sugar
* http://git.sugarlabs.org/desktop/sugar-toolkit
* http://git.sugarlabs.org/server/prosody-sugar
[1] Sweets_Distribution#Installation
[2] Sweets_Distribution/Supported_platforms

-- Aleksey
Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

BoxGrinder Build is an easy to use command line tool to create appliances (virtual images) from simple plaintext appliance definition files. BoxGrinder can produce appliances for a variety of virtual and cloud platforms using plugins supporting technologies such as VMware or EC2.

Pungi

Advanced

used to build non-live CD/DVD isos

Pungi needs to run on the arch it is composing, as root, and with an install of what it is composing, eg if you are composing Fedora 8, you need to be running Fedora 8.
This is so that the correct userland tools are used to create the images and such used by anaconda.
The eventual usage of pungi will most likely be in mock chroots to facilitate this.
It needs to run on the arch it is composing due to how anaconda-runtime determines what files to put in the boot images at this time.
Currently the releases of pungi are designed to run on an updated Rawhide system. Development of pungi always tracks Rawhide.

The following sections..." assume you have installed the mock package and prepared the mock chroot"

Build a boot.iso

"This section provides instruction on creating PXEboot and boot.iso images"

Build a DVD.iso

"This section assumes you have installed the mock package and prepared the mock chroot"

Koji

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(Very Advanced)

Koji is the software that builds RPM packages for the Fedora project

Mock

Mock creates chroots and builds packages in them. Its only task is to reliably populate a chroot and attempt to build a package in that chroot.

Using Mock to test package builds

How to create an RPM package

How to create an RPM package in Fedora

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package

sugar-build

http://sugarlabs.org/~dnarvaez/sugar-docs/build.html

better j-build

Git

Advanced - Used by Sugar Developers

http://shell.sugarlabs.org/~buildbot/docs/build.html#getting-started

I installed Fedora 18 last night, and I have to say I like sugar-build
more and more.  With just this steps in a clean F18 you get Sugar
running and ready to hack each part of it:  Kudos Daniel Narvaez!
  Re: [Sugar-devel] F18.. go sugar-build, go! 01/18/2013 03:56 PM 
sudo yum install git
git clone git://git.sugarlabs.org/sugar-build/sugar-build
cd sugar-build
make build
make run

Tutorials

L10n Translations

There is a git user named "pootle" that acts as the proxy by which all
PO file translations are committed from the Pootle server.  Please
make pootle a committer on the repo and I will make the connections
between git and the Pootle server.
Some "best practices" about working with git and Pootle are described here.
 Translation Team Best Practices

systemd for Administrators

"Resource Management in one way or another has been available in systemd for a while already,
so it's really time we introduce this to the broader audience."

Vala

"Vala is a new programming language that allows modern programming techniques
to be used to write applications that run on the GNOME runtime libraries,
particularly GLib and GObject."

groupthink

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Very Advanced

"Groupthink is a library of self-sharing data structures written in python and shared over dbus.

Together with the D-Bus Tubes provided by the Telepathy framework, this enables data structures to be shared over a network."

OLPC XO-1 and XO-1.5 links and Notes

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Testing Introductory Page

Help/Info Wiki Page

wiki.laptop.org

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/The_OLPC_Wiki

Build 13.1.0

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/13.1.0

http://build.laptop.org/13.1.0/os15/xo-1.5/

Olpc os builder

"utility that allows you to build operating system (OS) images for XO laptops"

XO-4 Touch

specs

XS Community Edition

School Server - Community Edition (XSCE) project

Testing Dextrose in a virtual machine

Download Image; KVM; VirtualBox

Dextrose Building

Dextrose uses olpc-os-builder, a tool create by OLPC to build official and customized system images.
The Dextrose git repository contains, olpc-os-builder, local customizations specific to Dextrose,
and fixes and enhancements waiting to be pushed upstream.

Dextrose/Building

XS Schoolserver 0.7

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How to install:http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Installing_Software_0.7
Download: http://dev.laptop.org/xs/OLPC-School-Server-0.7beta2-i386.iso
http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/xs-installation/community-edition-xs-on-xo-1-75/
Work in Progress: http://schoolserver.wordpress.com/xs-installation/xsce-on-xo-1-5/

Manuals

OLPC Manual

Help Activity Refresh

Manuals Info

Kernel Userspace Interfaces

Reference for Linux kernel 2.6.23: http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~arkeller/linux/kernel_user_space_howto.html

ARM

Proposed Fedora ARM Download Page: https://stg.fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options#2nd_arches

References

http://elinux.org/RPi_Distributions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ARM_microprocessor_cores

http://www.linaro.org/downloads/

Fedora ARM: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_ARM_Installer

RPM Fusion: http://rpmfusion.org/Architectures/ARM

fedora 17 and fedora 18 (arm/armhpf)

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/AArch64/FoundationModel
chromium-os Secure Boot Info: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/verified-boot-crypto
Tutorial: Android Development: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HOWTO_Setup_Android_Development
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Quality_Assurance/Kernel_Testing
Write SD in a MAC:http://alltheware.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/easiest-way-sd-card-setup/

TrimSlice

Firmware Updater

http://www.trimslice.com/wiki/index.php/Trim-Slice_Firmware_Updater

Ubuntu on a TrimSlice

Testing of TrimSlicePro

TrimSlicePro-Update

Testing of TrimSlice H250

Install of Ubuntu to 320 GB HD

Install of Ubuntu to a SDXC Card

TrimSlicePro Setup Booted from 64 GB SDXC Card in front slot

(SDXC card is expanded to 30 GB with gparted)

TrimSlicePro Running KDE-Desktop -plus sugar-emulator (0.90.1)

Beautiful Display on Samsung SyncMaster S20B350 HDMI 1600x900 @60Hz PP

f17-fedora-arm

f17 Nightly Images

Nightly Composes: http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/arm-nightlies/
Beta Release Criteria: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Quality_Assurance/Beta_Release_Criteria

live media creator on arm

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Features/ReworkLiveCD

http://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2011-November/msg00081.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/arm/2012-May/003358.html

Trimslice Pro and H250

Serial interface ONLY

Mac-Trimslice Pro Connections:

Nice Terminal Emulator for Mac:http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/31352/coolterm

Connection Diagram:

[MacBookPro USB port]---[usb to serial adapter (&)]---[null modem]--[serial cable]--(TrimSlice serial to mini cable]--[TrimSlice serial port]

(&) DYNEX USB_PDA/Serial Adapter (Dynex DX-UD889)

Console Speed 115200 bps, 8n1,
root password: -Displays in serial terminal-

root=fedoraarm

Note these are experimental FOR TESTING ONLY - Still in development; use with caution
The kernel used does not support startx

No graphical interfaces are available at this time for TrimSlicePro and TrimSlice -h

dd will write a live USB but it will not boot in arm devices.

works in intel PC's

livecd-tools does not work

SD Card Install

http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/arm-nightlies/vault/f17arm-latest-armhfp-trimslice-mmcblk0.img.xz

This is a Fedora 17 Hard Float Trimslice Image suitable for writing to an SD card and placed in the Trimslice's Full Size SD slot (Front slot)
and booting without further modification.
Write with xzcat file.xz > /dev/mmcblkX, put in the device, and you're ready to go. Boots to a serial console.

Most of the SD card images can be used with a USB storage device drive using the following method:
Write the image to both the USB storage device and an SD card. IE, write the image using xzcat file.xz > /dev/sdX then xzcat file.xz > /dev/mmcblkX.
Once written, use a partition editor such as fdisk to delete the VFAT partition from the USB drive and the Linux partition from SD card.
Plug the SD and USB storage into your ARM device and power up. 
The ARM system will load any applicable bootloader pieces, kernel, and initramfs from the SD card, but use the USB storage for the root filesystem.

Nearly images are self-sufficient, but a kernel tarball is optionally available with the contents of the image's /boot and /lib/modules directories.
These can be used in conjunction with the tarball root filesystems to create your own images.

Resizer

Resizer Script and systemd file

http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/fedora-arm/rootfs-resize/rootfs-resize-0.3/

expects 2 partitions on SD card; will not work if a 3rd exists

http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/arm-nightlies/vault/mknightly.tar.xz

Archlinux-TrimSlice

http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/trimslice

Raspberry Pi / RPi

updated 03/02/2013

Software Downloads: http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

Fedora 18 Remix: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F18/Remixes

http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Raspberry_Pi_Fedora_Remix_Installation

Raspberry Hub WIKI: http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard

Good overview of RaspberryPi

Script: http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/f17-releases/v5/latest/rpfr17-xfce-compose

http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_ARM_Secondary_Architecture
element 14-Specs and Software List: http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi

Order Page: http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=83T1943

element14 Rpi Accessories: http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi-accessories?et_cid=22512767&et_rid=3810139&Linkid=Raspberry-Pi_Accessoris-Webinar-&CMP=EMC-22512767

New 03/28/2013

Pi: Operating Systems Development! Course: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/
RPi Store: http://store.raspberrypi.com/ NEW

Write SD in a MAC:http://alltheware.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/easiest-way-sd-card-setup/

http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Raspberry_Pi_Fedora_Remix

http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard#Software_.26_OS_Distribution

http://elinux.org/RPi_Distributions#What_is_armhf

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2221

"...BCM2835 used in the Raspberry Pi is the first ARM-based multimedia SoC with fully-functional,
vendor-provided (as opposed to partial, reverse engineered) fully open-source drivers,..."

Quick Start Guide:http://www.raspberrypi.org/quick-start-guide
http://www.raspbian.org/
http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianImages
http://www.memetic.org/pre-compiled-xbmc-for-raspbian/
http://michael.gorven.za.net/blog/2012/08/06/xbmc-packages-raspberry-pi-running-raspbian
http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Hub
http://elinux.org/RPi_config.txt - How to set Overclocking / Video on RPi
http://elinux.org/RPi_Performance
http://elinux.org/RPi_Distributions#Comparison

RPi resolution fix:"disable_overscan=1"

http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals#Working_USB_Wifi_Adapters
fedora 17 Remix:ftp://ftp.ges.redhat.com/raspberrypi/test-releases/raspberrypi-fedora-remix-17/
R-PI can use three different "memory models", that is splits of the 256MB RAM

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=4691

RPi Configuration:http://elinux.org/RPiconfig
RPi Troubleshooting

http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting

http://rpmfusion.org/Architectures/ARM

Chromium Browser for RPi (beta)

http://hexxeh.net/?p=328117859

Update and install software before flashing .img using chroot

http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/855/is-it-possible-to-update-upgrade-and-install-software-before-flashing-an-image

Projects and Courses

http://www.icrobotics.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Kernel Testing

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Quality_Assurance/Kernel_Testing

Kernel Compilation

http://elinux.org/RPi_Kernel_Compilation

raspberry-pi-root-fs-on-usb-drive

http://mitchtech.net/raspberry-pi-root-fs-on-usb-drive/

Xorg and LXDE

http://www.raspbian.org/PiscesImages

Mate on RPi

http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianMate

DL: http://www.raspbian.org/PiscesMATEImages

Testing Pages

List of Test Pages

Testing/Reports/ARM_RPi

Tests of f18/ f17-remixes; Raspbian-PiscesMATE; and rasbian Debian on the RPi

http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/raspberrypi/test-releases/rpfr17/

http://www.raspbian.org/PiscesMATEImages

http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/raspbian/2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian/2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.zip

Testing Sweets on a RPi armhf

Install of Sweets Sugar 0.94 on a RPi

xmbc

http://www.memetic.org/pre-compiled-xbmc-for-raspbian/

Gentoo

http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi

Mageia-arm

This ARM port supports the Kirkwood series from Marvell.
Most frequent are: Open-RD, computer plugs (SheevaPlug, GuruPlug).
It runs also in qemu as a virtual machine.

http://blog.mageia.org/en/2011/06/23/arm-port-preview/

Install to QEMU: http://packages.rtp-net.org/mageia/1/armv5tl/docs/README.ARMv5TL

Prebuilt Images: http://packages.rtp-net.org/mageia/1/imgs/

http://liliputing.com/2012/07/linux-distributions-that-can-run-on-an-mk802-mini-pc.html

http://dx.com/p/u2-mini-android-4-0-network-multi-media-player-w-wi-fi-hdmi-tf-black-4gb-ddr-iii-1gb-145864?Utm_rid=93072394&Utm_source=affiliate

http://www.cnx-software.com/2013/01/03/smallart-u-host-allwinner-a10-mini-pc-is-available-for-20/

CubieBoard

"Cubieboard is a small (10x6cm), hacker friendly, extendable and very low-cost while powerful ARM board with Allwinner A10 SoC."

Getting Started

http://cubieboard.org/

http://linux-sunxi.org/Cubieboard

Download:http://cubieboard.org/\

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/F18/Remixes#Allwinner_A10

http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/contrib-images/hansg/README

BerryBoot:http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot_a10

http://sourceforge.net/projects/berryboot/?source=dlp

Pengpod

"The PengPods are a line of Linux/Android tablets and mini PCs. All devices have an Allwinner A10 or A13 processor. They are designed to run Android on their internal flash and boot Linux from an SD card for the best of both. These devices are hacker friendly and there is an active community working to make them better. You can pre-order a PengPod from our crowd funding project on Indiegogo. "

Software

Download: http://pengpod.com/images/ul/

http://linux-sunxi.org/Main_Page

http://linux-sunxi.org/Fedora

http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/contrib-images/hansg/

http://www.androidauthority.com/pengpod-dual-booting-android-linux-130252/

PPC

Power PC

Ubuntu/PPC
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/PowerPC
Latest Fedora release for PPC is currently Fedora 12

Doing builds again for fedora 16

IRC: #fedora-ppc on irc.freenode.net

Chromebook

Log of talk:http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-arm-talks/2013-02-22/fedora_on_the_arm_based_samsung_chromebook.2013-02-22-20.01.log.html

Complete step by step procedure to install fedora on SD or internal ssd of Chromebook

Linux on a Chromebook: http://blogs.arm.com/software-enablement/848-running-linux-on-the-series-3-chromebook/
Latest: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Samsung_Chromebook_2012
U-boot:http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot

Manual: http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/Manual

Original writeup: https://plus.google.com/109993695638569781190/posts/b2fazijJppZ
Updated: http://people.redhat.com/wcohen/chromebook/chrome_kernel.txt 01/20/2013
Blog Post :http://mcpierce.blogspot.com/2013/02/loading-fedora-on-samsung-chromebook.html 02/06/2013

Fedora-17-on-samsung-chromebook-series-3-arm

EXPERIMENTAL run Fedora 17 on Chromebook

Note danger of blowing out the speakers.

Building your own kernel and installing it in the Chromebook

using-nv-u-boot-on-the-samsung-arm-chromebook

Recover your Chrome device

Install a new version of the Chrome operating system on your Chrome device by going through the recovery process. You may want to go through this process if you’re having problems updating your Chrome device or if your Chrome device stops working.

Recovery: http://support.google.com/chromeos/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1080595

Fedora on a Chromebook

NEW--Satellit 01:57, 6 December 2012 (EST)

Chrubuntu-1204

ChrUbuntu 12.04 for the new Google Chromebook with ARM processor!

Ubuntu on Chromebook

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/Exynos/products5dual.html

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4917324

Debian on Chromebook

Entering Developer Mode

http://goo.gl/TSZxs

"On this device, both the recovery button and the dev-switch have been virtualized.
Our partners don't really like physical switches - they cost money, take up space on the motherboard, and require holes in the case.
To invoke Recovery mode, you hold down the ESC and Refresh keys and poke the Power button.
To enter Dev-mode you first invoke Recovery, and at the Recovery screen press Ctrl-D (there's no prompt - you have to know to do it).
It will ask you to confirm, then reboot into dev-mode.
Dev-mode works the same as always: It will show the scary boot screen and you need to press Ctrl-D or wait 30 seconds to continue booting.
You'll still have to run "crossystem dev_boot_usb=1" and reboot once to boot from USB drives with Ctrl-U.
To leave Dev-mode and go back to normal mode, just follow the instructions at the scary boot screen. It will prompt you to confirm.
If you want to leave Dev-mode programmatically, you can run "crossystem disable_dev_request=1; reboot" from a root shell .
Th ere's no way to enter Dev-mode programmatically, and just seeing the Recovery screen isn't enough -
you have to use the three-finger salute which hard-resets the machine first.
That's to prevent a remote attacker from tricking your machine into dev-mode without your knowledge.
An unrelated note: Holding just Refresh and poking the Power button hard-resets the machine without entering Recovery.
That's occasionally useful, but use it with care - it doesn't sync the disk or shut down politely,
so there's a nonzero chance of trashing the contents of your stateful partition."

gitweb

Fedora

TESTING Section
Hope to install Fedora on it.--Satellit 02:32, 26 October 2012 (EDT)
IRC #fedora-arm freenode

openSUSE

IRC #opensuse-arm on freenode
http://www.muktware.com/4655/opensuse-running-249-google-chromebook#.UIotWdEhjY5

Detailed instructions: https://plus.google.com/u/0/109993695638569781190/posts/b2fazijJppZ

opensuse-on-arm-release-candidate-1

http://news.opensuse.org/2012/10/01/announcing-opensuse-on-arm-release-candidate-1/

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/12.2:/ARM:/Contrib:/Origen/images/

SoaS in Parallels for OS X

(experimental)

(Not very current)

Sugar Patches

http://patchwork.sugarlabs.org/project/sugar/list/

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Revision as of 07:32, 1 April 2013

Sweets Distribution

sugar-build

Git

Tutorials

L10n Translations

wiki.laptop.org

Build 13.1.0

Manuals

Kernel Userspace Interfaces

ARM

References

Firmware Updater

Ubuntu on a TrimSlice

Fedora with XFCE

References

Tegra

f17-fedora-arm

f17 Nightly Images

live media creator on arm

Trimslice Pro and H250

Serial interface ONLY

SD Card Install

Resizer

Archlinux-TrimSlice

Raspberry Pi / RPi

Projects and Courses

Kernel Testing

Kernel Compilation

raspberry-pi-root-fs-on-usb-drive

Xorg and LXDE

Mate on RPi

xmbc

Gentoo

Mageia-arm

CubieBoard

Pengpod

Software

PPC

Chromebook

gitweb

Fedora

openSUSE

opensuse-on-arm-release-candidate-1

Sugar Patches

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