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Overlay initrd files using cat
gerald_clark:
--- Quote ---I understand that Xprogs, Xvesa, and Xlibs would be release sensitive, but how are wbar and flwm_topside? Also, if some of these (perhaps not all) are moved to extensions then they can be updated as an extension rather then having to wait for a new final TC release. Also this may be a goal for 4.x rather then 3.x.
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That is precisely the problem.
When testing release candidates, tce-update keeps updating wbar to the last release, breaking the release candidate.
Since wbar is a part of TC core, it needs to NOT be an onboot extension.
The wbar.tcz extension can still exist for people using alternate window managers that still want wbar.
hiro:
What if we just call that base wbar extension different on each update?
roberts:
We? Oh please, a .gz together with the release makes it clear, simple and archive able.
Placing .gz in /tce directory is also trivial for the user.
hiro:
I was Just thinking aloud. But I think I don't see some of the complications you guys do. Perhaps because I always used microcore instead of tinycore.
jur:
I like what I read.
Extending this concept, perhaps all of the supported wms could become .gzs as well, not only flwm. Then you place your wm of choice in along with the other bits. So onboot could be obsoleted this way - anything onboot could be converted to gz.
Would such a process be faster than loading extensions onboot?
A base system script for converting onboot .tczs to .gz could do the job. This would eliminate the necessity of having two sets of extensions in the repo.
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