we can't have the packages pipeline use the linux equipped file because
then it'd download the binary packages instead of building them, risking
BIC crashes and the like
unfrotunately we need a code copy for this because bootstrap must be
self contained. not too much to worry about since they are both in the
same repo so I expect people will grep for stuff (hopefully :D)
with ephemeral VMs the base image is old so we need to update the
mirrorlist during build.sh as well. also turn the copies around. now we
always pull copies out of /etc
the one in the docker image has been made to not extract localization
tech as of late. seeing as we need (some) localization data to generate
locales and whatnot we need to restore the original config
archlinux-keyring is a part of base already. Good global mirrors are already defined in Arch Docker images, the explicit 23m mirror stuff is unnecessary.
this doesn't yet give any gains because partition resizing also needs
figuring out, but it's a start.
specifically we now deduplicate files, balance extents and shrink the
actual filesystem as much as possible.
in a second step we could then chop off the end of the partition table
to actually reduce the image size. except it is more difficult than one
might think. perhaps we should construct a new table entirely instead.
something to figure out
something isn't quite right with the compression coverage, technically
we should have force compression, but effectively we have a large chunk
of data that is not compressed
- add ci builds
- add some scripting surrounding spinning up local containers
- use btrfs send-receive to populate the image for both speed, precision
and reliablity (won't miss ENSPC or something)
- no longer generate bootable images through mkosi, we generate two UKIs
anyway, mkosis extra work is entirely pointless and as it turns out
produces vastly larger UKIs for some reason. probably worth inspecting
at some point why that is
- the entire build has been moved from relying on arch packages to using
kde-builder. this effectively turns the way we build in development also
in the way we build for deployment, giving greater familiarity and
exercise of code paths
- move initrd from dracut to mkinitcpio as it is better integrating with
the arch base
- the initrd system is still driven by systemd rather than busybox (the
initcpio default)
- calamares tech still doesn't work entirely but got a bit of polish
- basic session blessing support (tracking whether an image is good or
not)
- boot failure tracking via the UKI filename (foo_1+3-1.efi etc)
- pam files imported from arch
- font files imported from neon
- aggressive debugging via systemd is on for the time being to aid with
development
- snapd support
- general AUR support (really cruddy because we are inside a bwrap that
runs with no-new-priviledges which means we can't sudo but arch tools
don't want to run as root - so everything is awkwardly detangled with
dependency installation happening manually in root scope, then the build
as a temporary user, then the installation in root scope again)
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