Fedora ISO Modernization (HMS-9965)#2533
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Plumb through the `remove` option from the stage to exclude given files from the initramfs. This is used to build Anaconda installers without involving Lorax. Signed-off-by: Simon de Vlieger <cmdr@supakeen.com>
Set the default target with our systemd stage when there's no Lorax package selected. This puts us into non-Lorax mode and thus we have to set the default target ourselves. Signed-off-by: Simon de Vlieger <cmdr@supakeen.com>
Lorax removes several systemd generators from the filesystem tree so they don't end up in the ISO. These can interfere with the boot process as they don't correctly search for the ISO-labelled filesystem. Thus, when no Lorax template is defined we handle the removal ourselves. In this case we don't remove them from the root filesystem but instead instruct Dracut to remove the files only from the initrd. Signed-off-by: Simon de Vlieger <cmdr@supakeen.com>
Allow for the definition of ISO rootfs excludes in the YAML definitions where it makes sense. Move others out of the pipeline generator and into the image function(s) specific to those image types for others (`bootc`, `pxe`). The latter few will require some more thought on where to source the values from. Signed-off-by: Simon de Vlieger <cmdr@supakeen.com>
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Keep the RPM and DNF metadata on the image. They're tiny size-wise and make debugging installed packages (without a Lorax-packages file) straightforward. Signed-off-by: Simon de Vlieger <cmdr@supakeen.com>
Don't define a Lorax template package for Fedora >= 45. This turns off any Lorax stages in `image-builder`'s generated manifest. Producing an ISO entirely without invoking Lorax. See this [1] change proposal for the motivation. [1]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ModernizeBootISO Signed-off-by: Simon de Vlieger <cmdr@supakeen.com>
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makes sense to move the excludes to the image defs. thanks!
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This is the implementation of the Fedora 45 change proposal 1 which drops the use of Lorax to create
boot.iso-style media in Fedora 45.Behavior is gated on the definition of
LoraxTemplatePackage. If it is not present we perform certain steps that Lorax used to perform ourselves albeit it being a much more minimal set of actions (see the documentation section of the change proposal for the steps).Some of the steps we already performed unconditionally so these are untouched (user creation, selinux permissions).
Some bits aren't the nicest, especially the handling of root filesystem excludes for non-installer image types (
bootcandpxe). I'd like to leave that for a follow-up as it isn't strictly worse but might require some more foundational changes to root filesystem options and configs.