TazPuppy 5.0 rc2

[mistfire]

TazPuppy beta 22 release

Changes:
* Improved initrd:
-It can now load up to 7 extra SFS modules
-Improved USB storage device detection
-Supports usbwait boot parameter

* Improved wired network detection.
* Improved shutdown (Note it clears tazpkg cached package and other cache files if the saved session was a save file or in multisession mode)
* Improved tazcook-sfs

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1siyfI4 ... sp=sharing
MD5 Checksum: 88dd49c1a38f8b704b83eac1943c5c0b

Build kit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lWsGGR ... sp=sharing

[thinkpadfreak]

I have installed beta 22.

I thank you for making it possible to load up to 7 extra sfs modules.
To be cautious, I will use 6 extra sfs modules at most, as wise men say.

Because of the ability to load up to 7 extra sfs modules, I hope users of other Puppies can use tazpuppy with more ease than before.

[mistfire]

@thinkpadfreak that was nice.

bacon is coming on the slitaz repo (and they sucessfully cooked) so I will update the build devx list.

[mistfire]

TazPuppy Beta 23 released

Changes:
* Small fixes in initrd
* Bacon is now added on devx-list for building devx module
* Remember hardware setup on shutdown

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wSWovZ ... sp=sharing
MD5 Checksum: ad0104fa91c8ea7eed643ce7be9e6f5c

Build kit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16vbJrR ... sp=sharing[/url]

[s243a]

TazPuppy beta 22 release

Changes:
* Improved initrd:
-It can now load up to 7 extra SFS modules
-Improved USB storage device detection
-Supports usbwait boot parameter

* Improved wired network detection.
* Improved shutdown (Note it clears tazpkg cached package and other cache files if the saved session was a save file or in multisession mode)
* Improved tazcook-sfs

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1siyfI4 ... sp=sharing
MD5 Checksum: 88dd49c1a38f8b704b83eac1943c5c0b

Build kit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lWsGGR ... sp=sharing

The iron-linux browser doesn't work:

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sh-4.4$ strace iron
execve("/usr/bin/iron", ["iron"], [/* 46 vars */]) = -1 EFAULT (Bad address)
--- SIGSEGV {si_signo=SIGSEGV, si_code=SI_KERNEL, si_addr=0} ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
Segmentation fault

[mistfire]

@s243a here are the suggested options to fix the issue:
1. try to swap kernel by using the kernel and zdrv file of other puppies
2. check the iron browser dependencies.
3. update the builtin packages

[s243a]

@s243a here are the suggested options to fix the issue:
1. try to swap kernel by using the kernel and zdrv file of other puppies
2. check the iron browser dependencies.
3. update the builtin packages

After a bit of investigation it might be a memory issue. The normal puppylinux package manager directly saves to the save-layer. I'm not sure that tazpkg does this.

I'm working on a script to make a suitable chroot environment directly on the USB to run tazpkg. I haven't even started the debugging process yet.

I say that it might be a memory issue because when I tried running tazpkg from the command line it failed due to insufficient memory. An alternative solution would be to use a swap file. I don't like using swap files when running off a USB because if they USB gets unplugged everything gets messed up. Also for USB 2.0 and earlier the I/O speed is very slow.

Edit 1: So my above script ran without errors. I then chrooted into the newly created folder:

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chroot /mnt/home/symlinks /bin/bash

and then tried re-installing ironlinux:

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tazpkg --forced git-install iron-linux

I then tried running the program:

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iron

I see that I'm missing gtk3. I'll install it and try running it again.

[s243a]

This is the experimental TazWoof. This will build TazPup entirely from Slitaz Packages. The missing part was compiling kernel for TazPup (I put a blank function to place that routine) also make live cd was disabled.

I hope someone will complete this build system.

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VyhLlf ... sp=sharing

Is this the most recent version of TazWoof? I need to build a devX for the 64 bit version of TazPup. See thread:
TazPup64 (beta 23?)

[s243a]

Build kit is now available if you want to build your own tazpuppy.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16vbJrR ... sp=sharing

I think the version in the first post of this thread is the latest. Anyway, I've been trying to see if you can use the build kit to produce a 64 bit iso. I think that to do this we have to change the mirror for the packages using the following command:

setup-mirror

Setup the URL for the mirror (setup-mirror or -sm). Command will ask for the URL of the new mirror. Note that you can also modify the main /var/lib/tazpkg/mirror file. The URL must point to the directory containing the packages.info and packages.

# tazpkg setup-mirror

For a 64bit build we will need one of the following urls
http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/next64/
http://mirror1.slitaz.org/packages/next64/
in the mirror file:

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/var/lib/tazpkg/mirror 

[mistfire]

@s243a

The tazpup devx was not yet updated yet it just works. If you want a fresh devx sfs. Just run this command on terminal. It requires internet connection.

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make-devx [working folder to creating devx module]

[mistfire]

@s243a

Im glad that you will build a 64-bit tazpuppy. Which I cant make it due to lack of internet.

Make sure that the tazpuppy build kit must run in 64-bit Puppy in order to build 64-bit tazpuppy.

[sheldonisaac]

TazPuppy Beta 23 released
Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wSWovZ ... sp=sharing

Good morning. I did download it, and thank you very much.
I'm using the TazWeb browser, on this Dell laptop E6410.

First-time user.
As I recall, the Grub4Dos command lines included

kernel /TazPup/vmlinuz psubdir=TazPup
initrd /TazPup/initrd.xz

Then, boot.

Thanks a lot.

Sorry I have nothing to contribute at present; I hope to read the thread and learn.

Sheldon

[s243a]

From the first post of this thread:

Build kit is now available if you want to build your own tazpuppy.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16vbJrR ... sp=sharing

I noticed that when I was trying to use the build-kit to build a 64bit version that everything fell apart once I got to core-utils and nothing installed after it. Output posted at:
https://pastebin.com/xiZz0Kta
**Note the iso was still built just not packes alphabetically between "a" and core-utils.

I think that any patches that are applied to TazPkg, need to be applied fefore the packages are installed. I believe this impacts both the 32bit version and the 64bit version that I'm trying to build. Recall that when we switched to core-utils we had to remove some busybox idiosyncrasies.

Edit #1 maybe it is just core-utils that needs to be treated separately. However, for a 64 bit system, I'm adding a prefix for a clean build now, so the only purpose of the TazPup iso is to get a working package manager (i.e. tazpkg). I will post my updated build-kit in the other thread.

Edit #2 I made some progress on this but I might not test this build kit because I think there are further changes that I need to make before it will work.:
64bit pre alpha 2 build kit:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ide4zsufh0vv ... pha-2?dl=0
Pastbin script for the modified build script:
https://pastebin.com/rGa4jJCp

[s243a]

I noticed in the tazpkg manual that it says that for dependencies it prefers local packages in the same directory as the one you are installing

install
This command allows the installation of a local package with the .tazpkg extension (install or -i).

Option --forced allows you to update an already installed package. Option --newconf allows you to rewrite all user configuration files using the new files from a package. Option --nodeps allows you to install only a specified package without its dependencies.

When TazPkg installs package dependencies, it prefers local packages (i.e. dependent packages located in the same folder[/b\ as installed packages) over mirrored/cached packages with the --local option. It is useful when you want to install a lot of already downloaded packages and their dependencies without the need of a network connection.

For the "non-cloud mode" (i.e. local mode), I think the build kit should take advantage of this by first copying all packages to be installed into the root file system.

It also may be useful to combine this technique with an install list:

get-list, install-list, get-install-list
Get and/or install a set of packages listed in a file. This command allows you to work with the several packages with a single command.

All options are the same as for respective simple commands: get, install and get-install.

# tazpkg install-list my-packages.list
# tazpkg get-install-list my-packages.list --forced

[s243a]

I learned that someone in the forum was combining tiny core linux and puppy.

I wonder if someone was attempting to combine slitaz and puppy?


Build kit is now available if you want to build your own tazpuppy.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16vbJrR ... sp=sharing

In the latest build-kit I noticed something that caused me a bit of grief when trying to build a 64 bit version.

My issue was, depending on which packages One installs a symlink might be created from /bin/lzma to xz and this will over-ride the full version of llzma if installed. This symlinking causes problems with converting files in tazpup. For instance on line#35 of /usr/libexec/tazpkg/pack we have:

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*) lzma e fs.cpio.lzma -si;;

but xz doesn't support the -s option. My fix was to add the following to the buildkit:

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if [ -f $curdir/slitaz-rootfs$prefix/usr/bin/lzma ]; then #Added by s243a
    rm -f  $curdir/slitaz-rootfs$prefix/bin/lzma
fi

but this case only covers if one installs lzma. If lzma isn't installed then perhaps the symlink should point to something other than xz.

[mistfire]

TazPuppy beta 24 released

Changes:
* A bug where cannot remember loaded sfs is fixed
* Unable to find swap partition on UEFI is fixed
* With automatic fixing of missing essential cache files
* Ability to force update the essential cache files by using this boot parameter -- forceupdate
* Some fixes on tazpkg and sfs_load
* Improved cleanup on shutdown

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sZoT-w ... sp=sharing
MD5 Checksum: 174d363471775e01f31a62b6c7a2a2d9

Build kit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nCcrJX ... sp=sharing

[sheldonisaac]

TazPuppy beta 24 released

Got it, thanks a lot.
I'm on via Midori. Will save to HDD and hope to report further, in the future.

Sheldon

[s243a]

I'm not sure if this was updated in the last build kit or not but on the previous build kit there was no internet in the chroot environment. To fix this one must do the following:

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cp -f /etc/resolv.conf $curdir/slitaz-rootfs/etc/resolv.conf

as was noted on archiwiki.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chroot

The consequence of this is that cloud mode didn't work .

[mistfire]

@s243a

thanks, I fixed the build script now.

[s243a]

I'm not sure if it's updated but in the last version "beta 23" I have two fixes for:

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/usr/bin/make-devx

The first suggestion is to make the script architecture independent by putting something like the following at the top of the script:

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if [ -f /etc/slitaz/slitaz.conf ]; then 
  . /etc/slitaz/slitaz.conf #Comment this line out if you don't want to use distro defualts. 
fi
WEBSITE=${MIRROR_URL:-"http://mirror1.slitaz.org"}
DIRPKG=${SLITAZ_RELEASE:-'next64'}

note that where I have 'next64' as the default, you would put 'cooking' as the default. The point is to take the mirror and the release from slizaz.conf.

related to this in the function "download_pkgs", one has to replace "cooking" with "$DIRPKG" in the line

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wget -nc --timeout=10 $WEBSITE/packages/cooking/$pkgname.tazpkg -O cooking/slitaz-devx/$pkgname.tazpkg

with gives:

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wget -nc --timeout=10 $WEBSITE/packages/$DIRPKG/$pkgname.tazpkg -O $curdir/slitaz-devx/$pkgname.tazpkg

My second fix is to create all the necessary build directories. Around line #20 (now line #24) I have replaced:

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 curdir="$1"
 
 if [ ! -e $curdir ]; then
  echo "Create working folder: $curdir"
  mkdir -p $curdir 2>/dev/null
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "Failed to create working folder"
  exit
  fi
 fi
else 
 echo "Usage: $cmd1 [working folder]" 
 echo "Creates DEVX module for compiling" 
 exit 
fi 

with

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 curdir=`realpath "$1"`
 while read aDir; do
   if [ ! -e $aDir ]; then
     echo "Create working folder: $aDir"
     mkdir -p $aDir 2>/dev/null
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo "Failed to create working folder $aDir"
       exit
     fi
   fi
 done <<EOM
$curdir
$curdir/devx-rootfs
$curdir/slitaz-devx 
EOM
else
 echo "Usage: $cmd1 [working folder]"
 echo "Creates DEVX module for compiling"
 exit
fi

#cd $curdir