This tool is helpful to create rootfs for debian-based distributions with reproducable outputs.
dotnet tool install --global AptTool
This tool needs to be run as root (generate-rootfs), so it is recommended to install it into the system path.
sudo dotnet tool install AptTool --tool-path /usr/local/bin/
The idea is similar to what you see with the Node package manager (npm). An "image.json" file is used to generate a "image-lock.json" file, which is then use to build a rootfs.
Here is an example "image.json" file.
{
"repositories": [
{
"uri": "http://deb.debian.org/debian",
"distribution": "buster",
"components": [
"main",
"contrib",
"non-free"
]
}
],
"packages": {
"network-manager": "latest"
},
"preseeds": [
"pre-seeds/locales.conf",
"pre-seeds/timezone.conf"
]
}Running apt-tool install will reach out to the defined repositories and calculate all the packages/versions needed to be installed, and generate a "image-lock.json" file.
After you have generated a "image-lock.json" file, you can then generate the rootfs using apt-tool generate-rootfs.
This will not run anything (only extracting debs), so it can be used for foreign architectures. A "/stage2/stage2.sh" file is placed in the rootfs and must be run on the target architecture before the rootfs can be considered complete.
If you are building a rootfs for the same target architecture that you are building on, you may pass the --run-stage2 command to automatically chroot, run the script, and delete "/stage2" automatically.
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