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< h1 > Introduction to Lorax< a class = "headerlink" href = "#introduction-to-lorax" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h1 >
< p > I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees [and images].< / p >
< p > Lorax is used to build the Anaconda Installer boot.iso, it consists of a
library, pylorax, a set of templates, and the lorax script. Its operation
is driven by a customized set of Mako templates that lists the packages
to be installed, steps to execute to remove unneeded files, and creation
of the iso for all of the supported architectures.< / p >
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< p > Tree building tools such as pungi and revisor rely on 'buildinstall' in
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anaconda/scripts/ to produce the boot images and other such control files
in the final tree. The existing buildinstall scripts written in a mix of
bash and Python are unmaintainable. Lorax is an attempt to replace them
with something more flexible.< / p >
< p > EXISTING WORKFLOW:< / p >
< p > pungi and other tools call scripts/buildinstall, which in turn call other
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scripts to do the image building and data generation. Here's how it
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currently looks:< / p >
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< dt > -> buildinstall< / dt > < dd > < ul class = "simple" >
< li > < p > process command line options< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > write temporary yum.conf to point to correct repo< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > find anaconda release RPM< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > unpack RPM, pull in those versions of upd-instroot, mk-images,
maketreeinfo.py, makestamp.py, and buildinstall< / p > < / li >
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< p > -> call upd-instroot< / p >
< p > -> call maketreeinfo.py< / p >
< p > -> call mk-images (which figures out which mk-images.ARCH to call)< / p >
< p > -> call makestamp.py< / p >
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< li > < p > clean up< / p > < / li >
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< p > PROBLEMS:< / p >
< p > The existing workflow presents some problems with maintaining the scripts.
First, almost all knowledge of what goes in to the stage 1 and stage 2
images lives in upd-instroot. The mk-images* scripts copy things from the
root created by upd-instroot in order to build the stage 1 image, though
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it's not completely clear from reading the scripts.< / p >
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< p > NEW IDEAS:< / p >
< p > Create a new central driver with all information living in Python modules.
Configuration files will provide the knowledge previously contained in the
upd-instroot and mk-images* scripts.< / p >
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