3 :man source: catalyst {catalystversion}
4 :man manual: catalyst {catalystversion}
9 catalyst - The Gentoo Linux Release Engineering meta-tool
14 *catalyst* ['OPTIONS'] [*-f* 'FILE' | *-C* 'KEY'='VALUE' ... | *-s* 'DATE']
19 *catalyst* is the tool that the Gentoo Release Engineering team
20 utilizes to build all Gentoo Linux releases. It is capable of building
21 installation stages, bootable LiveCDs, netboot images, and Gentoo Reference
22 Platform (GRP) sets. *catalyst* is also capable of providing a simple
23 tinderbox environment for ebuild/package testing.
25 For more information, please visit the *catalyst* project page
26 on the web at 'http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst'.
31 *--clear-autoresume*::
33 This option is to be used to clear any autoresume points that have been saved
34 for this target. It is used in conjunction with *-f*, *-C*, or both.
36 *--cli*|*-C* 'KEY'='VALUE' ...::
37 This option is to be used in place of a specfile. All options are passed
38 to *catalyst* on the commandline. Please note that this option must
39 be the last option passed to *catalyst* for everything to work correctly.
41 *--config*|*-c* 'FILE'::
42 Tell *catalyst* to use a user-defined configuration file. A sample
43 configuration file is installed at '/etc/catalyst/catalyst.conf'.
51 This tells *catalyst* to only fetch distfiles for the given packages without
52 performing any building.
54 *--file*|*-f* 'FILE'::
55 Tell *catalyst* to use the user supplied specfile.
59 Print the help message and exit
63 Tell *catalyst* to clear all temporary directories, package caches, and
64 autoresume flags for the given target.
66 *--snapshot*|*-s* 'DATE'::
67 Create a Portage snapshot using the specified identifier stamp.
75 Print the version information and exit
80 Using the commandline option (*-C*, *--cli*) to build a Portage snapshot:
81 ---------------------------------------------------
82 # catalyst -C target=snapshot version_stamp=my_date
83 ---------------------------------------------------
85 Using the specfile option (*-f*, *--file*) to build a stage target:
86 ---------------------------------------------------
87 # catalyst -f stage1-specfile.spec
88 ---------------------------------------------------
90 Using the snapshot option (*-s*, *--snapshot*) to package a Portage snapshot
91 using the datestamp 20051208:
92 ---------------------------------------------------
93 # catalyst -s 20051208
94 ---------------------------------------------------
99 Example specfiles can be found in '/usr/share/doc/catalyst-{catalystversion}/examples'.
100 An example configuration file can be found at '/etc/catalyst/catalyst.conf'.
103 SUPPORTED ARCHITECTURES
104 -----------------------
105 The following table shows the list of supported architectures as well as
106 the list of valid strings for key 'subarch'.
108 include::subarches.generated.txt[tabsize=4]
113 An up-to-date list of Catalyst bugs can always be found listed on the Gentoo
114 Linux bug-tracking system at 'http://bugs.gentoo.org'.
119 *catalyst* is conceptually derived from the Gentoo livecd-ng and Gentoo
120 stager projects, both of which were used to create pre-1.4 Gentoo releases.
122 *catalyst* was originally conceived and coded by both Daniel Robbins and
123 John Davis. It is currently maintained by Chris Gianelloni and Eric Edgar and
124 has been mostly re-written.
129 - John Davis <zhen@gentoo.org>
130 - Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>
131 - Raul Porcel <armin76@gentoo.org>
132 - Sebastian Pipping <sping@gentoo.org>
133 - Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>
140 Also, a more in-depth examination of Catalyst options and procedures can be found
141 linked from the *catalyst* project page, which is located at
142 'http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst'.