From: W. Trevor King Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 14:23:18 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Introduce catalyst-spec(5) man page X-Git-Tag: CATALYST-2.0.10~2^2~14 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0a99c494d4602ebb92f6d352f86ec519903fdc88;p=catalyst.git Introduce catalyst-spec(5) man page --- diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 30a0411f..ef4e78ed 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -2,21 +2,26 @@ # Licensed under GPL v2 or later PACKAGE_VERSION = `fgrep '__version__=' catalyst | sed 's|^__version__="\(.*\)"$$|\1|'` -EXTRA_DIST = files/catalyst.1 -CLEAN_FILES = $(EXTRA_DIST) doc/subarches.generated.txt +MAN_PAGES = catalyst.1 catalyst-spec.5 +MAN_PAGE_INCLUDES = doc/subarches.generated.txt doc/targets.generated.txt +EXTRA_DIST = $(MAN_PAGES:%=files/%) +CLEAN_FILES = $(EXTRA_DIST) $(MAN_PAGE_INCLUDES) distdir = catalyst-$(PACKAGE_VERSION) all: $(EXTRA_DIST) -files/catalyst.1: doc/catalyst.1.txt doc/subarches.generated.txt doc/asciidoc.conf Makefile catalyst +$(MAN_PAGES:%=files/%): files/%: doc/%.txt $(MAN_PAGE_INCLUDES) doc/asciidoc.conf Makefile catalyst a2x --conf-file=doc/asciidoc.conf --attribute="catalystversion=$(PACKAGE_VERSION)" \ --format=manpage -D files "$<" doc/subarches.generated.txt: $(wildcard arch/*.py) doc/make_subarch_table_guidexml.py ./doc/make_subarch_table_guidexml.py +doc/targets.generated.txt: doc/make_target_table.py $(wildcard modules/catalyst/targets/*.py) + "./$<" > "$@" + clean: rm -f $(CLEAN_FILES) find -name '*.pyo' -delete diff --git a/doc/.gitignore b/doc/.gitignore index b998e26d..2b8a08ca 100644 --- a/doc/.gitignore +++ b/doc/.gitignore @@ -1,2 +1,4 @@ subarches.generated.txt subarches.generated.xml +targets.generated.txt +targets.generated.xml diff --git a/doc/catalyst-spec.5.txt b/doc/catalyst-spec.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6c8cfa04 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/catalyst-spec.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,506 @@ +CATALYST-SPEC(5) +================ +:man source: catalyst {catalystversion} +:man manual: catalyst {catalystversion} + + +NAME +---- +catalyst-spec - Catalyst build specification files + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +*catalyst* ['OPTIONS'] *-f* 'FILE' + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +*catalyst(1)* reads the specification file given with *-f* on the +command line. The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line, +separated by a colon (`:`). Subsequent intented lines continue the +argument. Lines starting with `#` and empty lines are interpreted as +comments. For example: + + # Select the subarch + subarch: athalon-xp + + boot/use: + -* + multicall + readline + ssl + +The possible keywords and their meanings are as follows: + +Basic configuration +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +*subarch*:: +The subarch can be any of the supported catalyst subarches (example: +`athlon-xp`). See the *SUPPORTED ARCHITECTURES* section for a list of +supported subarches. + +*version_stamp*:: +The version stamp is an identifier for the build. It can be anything +you wish it to be, but it is usually a date (example: `2006.1`). + +*target*:: +The target specifies what target we want catalyst to do (example: +`stage3`). Possible targets are: + +include::targets.generated.txt[tabsize=4] + +*rel_type*:: +The `rel_type` defines what kind of build we are doing (example: +`default`). This is merely another identifier, but it useful for +allowing multiple concurrent builds. Usually, `default` will suffice. + +*profile*:: +This is the system profile to be used by catalyst to build this target +(example: `default/linux/x86/10.0/`). It is specified as a relative +path from `profiles` in your portage snapshot + +*snapshot*:: +This specifies which snapshot to use for building this target +(example: `2006.1`). + +*source_subpath*:: +This specifies where the seed stage comes from for this target +(example: `default/stage3-x86-2006.1`). The path is relative to +`$storedir/builds`. The `rel_type` is also used as a path prefix for +the seed. + +*distcc_hosts*:: +These are the hosts used as distcc slaves when distcc is enabled in +your `catalyst.conf` (example: `127.0.0.1 192.168.0.1`). It follows +the same syntax as `distcc-config --set-hosts` and is entirely +optional. + +*portage_confdir*:: +This is an optional directory containing portage configuration files +(example: `/etc/portage`). It follows the same syntax as +`/etc/portage` and should be consistent across all targets to minimize +problems. + +*portage_overlay*:: +This option specifies the location to a portage overlay that you would +like to use when building this target (example: `/usr/local/portage`). + +*pkgcache_path*:: +This allows the optional directory containing the output packages for +catalyst (example: `/tmp/packages`). Mainly used as a way for +different spec files to access the same cache directory. Default +behavior is for this location to be autogenerated under `$storedir` +based on the spec file. + +*kerncache_path*:: +This allows the optional directory containing the output packages for +kernel builds (example: `/tmp/kernel`). Mainly used as a way for +different spec files to access the same cache directory. Default +behavior is for this location to be autogenerated under `$storedir` +based on the spec file. + +*/type*:: +This option controls quite a bit of catalyst internals and sets up +several defaults. Each type behaves slightly differently and is +explained below. + `gentoo-release-minimal`;; This creates an official minimal InstallCD. + `gentoo-release-universal`;; This creates an official universal InstallCD. + `gentoo-release-livecd`;; This creates an official LiveCD environment. + `gentoo-gamecd`;; This creates an official Gentoo GameCD. + `generic-livecd`;; This should be used for all non-official media. + +This setting is supported by the `livecd` target. + +*/builddate*:: +Set the build date of the `` (example: `20060107`). This +setting is supported by the `netboot2` target. + +*/readme*:: +This is for the README.txt on the root of the CD. For Gentoo +releases, we use a default README.txt, and this will be used on your +CD if you do not provide one yourself. We do not use this for the +official releases. This setting is supported by the `livecd` target. + +*grp*:: +Since GRP is capable of building packages/source sets for more than +one CD, this defines the layout for the directories under +`$storedir/builds` (example: `src cd2`). + +Compilation +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +These options are only available when building a stage1 or stage2 +target and are all optional. These allow for emulating the changes +possible during a bootstrap. Some possible uses of these would be +building embedded stages requiring a different `CHOST` or building a +stage2 with NPTL support from a stage1 tarball that is built without +it. If left blank, then the catalyst defaults from `arch.py` are +used. + +*chost*:: +This option is used to change the CHOST from what is default in the +profile to whatever you specify (example: `i686-pc-linux-gnu`). This +is useful for building NPTL, for example. + +*cflags*:: +This option allows you to change the default `CFLAGS` that will be +used in building this stage (example: `-Os -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer +-mcpu=i686`). This really should remain generic, as putting +optimizations flags here will build a stage1 tarball that is no longer +generic. + +*cxxflags*:: +This is for setting the `CXXFLAGS` (example: `-Os -pipe +-fomit-frame-pointer -mcpu=i686`). Generally, this would be set to +the same as `CFLAGS`. In fact, it will mirror `CFLAGS` by default. + +*ldflags*:: +Setting this option sets `LDFLAGS` in `make.conf` in your stage +(example: `-Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,now`). This would be useful for setting up +an embedded or hardened system. + +Filesystem +~~~~~~~~~~ + +*livecd/fstype*:: +The fstype is used to determine what sort of CD we should build. This +is used to set the type of loopback filesystem that we will use on our +CD. Possible values are as follows: + `squashfs`;; This gives the best compression, but requires a kernel patch. + `zisofs`;; This uses in-kernel compression and is supported on all platforms. + `normal`;; This creates a loop without compression. + `noloop`;; This copies the files to the CD directly, without using a + loopback. + +*livecd/fsops*:: +The fsops are a list of optional parameters that can be passed to the +tool which will create the filesystem specified in *livecd/fstype* +(example: `-root-owned`). It is valid for the following fstypes: +`squashfs`, `jffs`, `jffs2`, and `cramfs`. + +*livecd/iso*:: +This is the full path and filename to the ISO image that the +livecd-stage2 target will create (example: +`/tmp/installcd-x86-minimal.iso`). + +*livecd/volid*:: +This option sets the volume ID of the CD created (example: `Gentoo +Linux 2006.1 X86`). + +Bootloader +~~~~~~~~~~ + +*livecd/cdtar*:: +The cdtar is essentially the bootloader for the CD. It also holds the +main configuration for the bootloader. On x86/amd64, it also can +include a small memory testing application, called memtest86+ +(example: +`/usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/cdtar/isolinux-2.13-memtest86+-cdtar.tar.bz2`). + +Kernel and boot issues +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +*/splash_theme*:: +This is where you set the splash theme (example: `livecd-2006.1`). +This theme must be present in `/etc/splash`, before the kernel has +completed building. This setting is supported by the `stage4` and +`livecd` targets. + +*boot/kernel*:: +This option is used to specify the number of kernels to build and also +the labels that will be used by the CD bootloader to refer to each +kernel image (example: `gentoo`). + +*boot/kernel/