install from rsync tree on local partition possible?

[John Summerfield]

Andrew Farris wrote:
> Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
>> On  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:24:40 +1100 David Timms wrote:
>>
>>> If you want to build a F9Beta from your pre-downloaded tree, I suggest
>> using jigdo {in fact pyjigdo}.
>>> You tell it the jigdo template location, then your pre-downloaded source
>> locations, and it uses the
>>> content to build the iso {downloading the bits that aren't present
>> locally}.
>>
>> This is exactly what I want.  Not to create a 12Gb iso...
>> The problem is shifted to where to find a jigdo template or how to 
>> create it
>> accordingly.
>> Using the jigdo file for F9 alpha at fedoraunity, changing the server 
>> line
>> in it to point to local tree and using jigdo-lite, it founds only 135 of
>> 2009 files needed.....
> 
> Thats because your rawhide tree is very different from F9 alpha now.  
> The jigdo template has not only the package name but versioning as well, 
> so most of your packages are not correct.  I've never tried building 
> jigdo templates so I don't know what you need toolwise, but you need a 
> jigdo template that uses the same package list with updated versions.
> 
man mkisofs


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