Part III. Reference

Table of Contents

8. Compose Process Details

8.1. Overview

8.2. Installation Media

8.3. Live Media

8.4. Respin Mode

8.4.1. Selecting Groups
8.4.2. Select Matching Packages

8.5. Dependency Resolving

8.5.1. Inclusive Dependency Resolving
8.5.2. Exclusive Dependency Resolving

8.6. Copying Arbitrary Files Onto the Media

8.7. Cleaning Up

8.7.1. Exception to the Rule

9.1. Upstream Plugins

9.1.1. Cobbler Plugin
9.1.2. Composer Plugin
9.1.3. Delta Plugin
9.1.4. GUI (Graphical User Interface) Plugin
9.1.5. HUB Plugin
9.1.6. Isolinux Plugin
9.1.7. Jigdo Plugin
9.1.8. Mock Plugin
9.1.9. Rebrand Plugin
9.1.10. Reuse Installer Images Plugin
9.1.11. Server Plugin
9.1.12. Virtualization Plugin
9.1.13. WUI (Web-based User Interface) Plugin

9.2. Writing Your Own Plugins

10. Tweaking the build process

10.1. Reusing Existing Installer Images
10.2. Building The Installer Images in Mock
10.3. Omitting isomd5sums
10.4. Omitting SHA1SUMS

11. Tips and Tricks

11.1. The spin-kickstarts Package
11.2. Even More Debugging
11.3. Kickstart Validator
11.4. Using Mirrormanager for Mirror Redirection
11.5. Using The localrepo DNS Alias

12. Frequently Asked Questions

13. Testing

13.1. Simple Test Cases

13.1.1. Packages
13.1.2. Configuration Files
13.1.3. Requirements for Compose Results

13.2. Complex Test Cases

13.3. Specific Test Cases

14. Development

14.1. Running Revisor from Source

14.1.1. Installing the Required Packages

14.2. Building Revisor Packages

14.3. Tickets

14.4. Adding a new spin or remix

14.5. Versioning Schema

14.6. Release Procedure