[Fedora-livecd-list] [PATCH] cleanupDeleted and container_size - saves 5.5% output size on f7livecd-i686

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

Douglas McClendon wrote:
> Attached is a patch.
> 
> It could be broken into two patches for clarity.  Please review and
> apply if appropriate.
> 
> patch#1: add --container-size flag
> 

Nice one. I'll wait and see if livecd-tools accepts it, and if they
don't, I'll add it to Revisor.

> 
> patch#2: add --cleanup-deleted flag
> 
> Using this flag, about 25% is added to the build time, but any files
> that were created and deleted in the install_root during installation,
> will not result in wasted space on the resulting iso.  This happens
> because of the nature of the filesystem living on a sparse file. 
> Anecdotally, this could be used to respin the fedora7-livecd-i686, from
> its existing 700MB, to 664MB.  Or more likely, add another 100MB or so
> of uncompressed software onto it.
> 

Same as above.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip