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

[Patrice Guay]

Douglas McClendon wrote:
> 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.
>
> This is of even greater importance as people spin their own livecds, 
> and do intensive things during the installation, that might cause even 
> more wasted space.
>
> Also, this somewhat lays the foundation for a 'turboinstaller' that 
> improves current liveinst efficiency by 10-25% (for cdrom vs usbflash 
> respectively), as mentioned in bug 248082 (pending efficiency tests 
> with extra device mapper layers)
>
> Please review.  Any comments, suggestions, or criticisms are welcome.  
> I still consider myself a relative novice when it comes to python.
>
My current spin of a live CD went from 731MB to 615MB using the 
--cleanup-deleted flag. This allow me to put more stuff on the live CD 
while I was previously thinking about what to remove.

Thanks,
--
Patrice Guay