[Morphix-devel] isomaker errors when creating base module

[G1ul10 <g1...@li...>]

Hi all,
first of all, apologies for the long email! This is not the first time
I ask question in morphing mailing lists... I hope you will forgive my
dumbness.

I use isomaker to build an iso. I use the command

isomaker -b basemod-2.6.15.xml -m lightgui.xml -r\
http://www.morphix.org/debian/udeb -p grub-gfxboot-iso-udeb -p\
morphix-cdrom-misc-udeb -p morphix-grub-menulist-udeb -p\
morphix-iso-grubtheme mylivecd-6.iso

with basemod-2.6.15.xml and lightgui.xml taken from the template dir
of  mmaker (which AFAICT are equal to the CVS version).

I want to tell you about some errors I get from the previous command. I
would like to know if they are potentially dangerous and if it is
possible to fix them. (the output lines below are indented by my MUA's
editor... I like short lines so I didn't modify its behaviour, hope
things remain clear). All the erros refer to the creation of the base
module, that is the first step of isomaker.


==== Error 1: When populating the /dev in the libmorph-xxxxxx tree I get
...
Exec: sh -c "cd /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/dev && ./MAKEDEV video bluetooth
ipsec ap m ipfilt netlink i2c audio toshiba coda sjcd bpcd pcd pktcdvd
ftape qic djs js t hinkpad misc capi dpti ataraid eda busmice input
beep msr lcd mcd watchdog" 
./MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "djs"
....
Exec: sh -c "chmod g+rw /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/dev/tty*"
Exec: sh -c "chmod g+rw /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/dev/pty*"
chmod: cannot access `/tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/dev/pty*': No such file or
directory
...
Exec: cp -a /dev/* /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/dev/
cp: cannot stat `/dev/*': No such file or directory
...

==== Error 2: The package dhcp3-client seems a little bit problematic. I
get

...
Exec: /usr/sbin/chroot /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM /usr/bin/apt-get -qq -y
--force-ye s install dhcp3-client

Configuration file `/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf'
 ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
 ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
   What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
    Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
    N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
      D     : show the differences between the versions
      Z     : background this process to examine the situation
 The default action is to keep your current version.
*** dhclient.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? dpkg: error processing
dhcp3-clien t (--configure):
 EOF on stdin at conffile prompt
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dhcp3-client
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
...

and I re-obtain this error several times, when new packages are
installed.


==== Error 3: Missing packages

...
Exec: /usr/sbin/chroot /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM /usr/bin/apt-get -qq -y
--force-yes install sysvinit-morphix
E: Couldn't find package sysvinit-morphix
...
Exec: /usr/sbin/chroot /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM /usr/bin/apt-get -qq -y
--force-ye s install ddcxinfo-knoppix
E: Couldn't find package ddcxinfo-knoppix
...

==== Error 4: while removing things

...
Exec: /usr/sbin/chroot /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM sh -c "rm
-f /var/lib/apt/lists/*" 
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/apt/lists/partial': Is a directory
...
Exec: rm -r /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/dev/*
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/dev/*': No such file or
directory
...
Exec: rm
-r /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/usr/share/man /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/usr/shar
e/info /tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/usr/share/aptitude 
rm: cannot remove `/tmp/libmorphix-OZDWtM/usr/share/aptitude': No such
file or d irectory
...


Finally during the creation of the iso I obtain a set of warnings

Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660.
Warning: Creating ISO-9660:1999 (version 2) filesystem.
Warning: ISO-9660 filenames longer than 31 may cause buffer overflows
in the OS. Ignoring file infodir.bak
Warning, number as file string found. Assuming old command syntax and
choosing compatible parameters (-m -B 65536). See the usage info (-h)
for better/correct parameters.
Warning, going to allocate 0 bytes of system memory.

which I guess are innocuous (but it's always better to ask!).

Best,
	Giulio.