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Line 1: − == F11-XO1 ==+ − We use [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_Builder olpc-os-builder], a tool+ − used by OLPC to create official and customized system images. − Our version contains local customizations specific to Paraguay and some+ − patches that should be upstreamed. − == How to create a build ==+ − We cook our builds on [[Machine/robbie]], which is Fedora 11 i386. − I could create builds also on my laptop, which runs Fedora 12 x86_64. − What the host system runs shouldn't matter much, because all the work − is being done in a chroot environment. − − * Checkout our local tree: − − git clone git://git.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/mainline.git − − * One time preparation − − yum upgrade − yum install libtomcrypt-devel bitfrost make gcc mtd-utils − make − − * Build: − − time sudo ./osbuilder.py examples/f11-xo1-py.ini − − * Wait 15 minutes − − * Serve hot − − == Signing == − − * Put the 4 signing keys somewhere in your home: − − bernie@robbie:~$ ll src/olpc/keys/ − -rw-------. 1 bernie bernie 1,2K Feb 5 2009 pyo1.private − -rw-------. 1 bernie bernie 270 Feb 5 2009 pyo1.public − -rw-------. 1 bernie bernie 1,2K Feb 5 2009 pys1.private − -rw-------. 1 bernie bernie 270 Feb 5 2009 pys1.public − -rw-------. 1 bernie bernie 1,2K Feb 5 2009 pyw1.private − -rw-------. 1 bernie bernie 270 Feb 5 2009 pyw1.public − − * Make sure the keys are '''NOT''' world-readable − − * Edit the paths in the <tt>[signing]</tt> section of <tt>examples/f11-xo1-py.ini</tt> − − − == Publishing the images == − − I'm currently publishing selected builds in [http://oficina.paraguayeduca.org/~bernie/f11-xo1-py/ my public html folder]. − − Signed builds should be published only if they implement the OLPC anti-theft system − ([http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Antitheft_HowTo OATS]). Signing does − not have anything to do with quality or endorsement (i.e. signed builds are not − necessarily bug-free). − − * TODO: We don't have a place for publishing official images yet − − * TODO: We don't have a procedure for releasing builds to field technicians (we may use repo.paraguayeduca.org in the future) − − * TODO: We don't keep release notes for our builds (we should probably use the wiki) − − − == Customizing the build == − − The topic of is too vast to discuss in detail here. Start by reading http://git.paraguayeduca.org/gitweb/users/bernie/olpc-os-builder.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/doc/README README] in the olpc-os-builder tree. Then, as needed, read the various <tt>README</tt> − files contained in the [http://git.paraguayeduca.org/gitweb/users/bernie/olpc-os-builder.git/tree/HEAD:/modules modules] directory. − − Being a Build Master involves knowledge of many workflows, including: − − * Building Sugar in [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development_Team/Jhbuild sugar-jhbuild]. − − * Dealing with yum and [http://www.rpm.org/wiki/Docs rpm]. − − * Understanding the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines Fedora packaging] workflow and conventions. − − * Creating yum package repositories with <tt>[http://createrepo.baseurl.org/]</tt>. − − * Uploading activities to [http://activities.sugarlabs.org]. − − * General understanding of the Linux system plumbing infrastructure: [http://www.kernel.org/ kernel], − [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html udev], [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus dbus], [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DeviceKit DeviceKit], [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/NetworkManager NetworkManager], − [http://www.x.org/wiki/ Xorg]... − − * Flashing laptops and debugging any problems − − * Interaction with the Sugar and OLPC community to solve issues and minimize our divergence from the official builds. − − == Upstream == − − Our upstream code comes from dev.laptop.org: − − git remote add olpc git://dev.laptop.org/projects/olpc-os-builder − git fetch olpc − git log olpc/master − − == Building custom kernels == − − $ git clone git://git.paraguayeduca.org/users/bernie/olpc-2.6 − $ cd olpc-2.6 − $ setarch i386 make ARCH=i386 xo_1-kernel-rpm +
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* Build system source: http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/dextrose/repos/mainline
* Out-of-tree patches for Sugar 0.88: http://people.sugarlabs.org/bernie/sugar/sugar-0.88-patches/
* Yum repository for custom Fedora packages (along with sources): http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/f11-0.88/rpms/
* IRC: #sugar on irc.freenode.net (English preferred, Spanish also spoken by several members)
See also the documentation of the Dextrose [[/Build System]].
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