On Sat, 22 May 2010 02:04:41 +0200 "Andre \"Osku\" Schmidt" <andre.osku.schmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Dieter Plaetinck > <dieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 21 May 2010 22:41:12 +0200 > > "Andre \"Osku\" Schmidt" <andre.osku.schmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> >> just gives me the usage info, without any > >> >> errors... and also the "Invalid URL scheme" errors that i see in > >> >> tty7 are nowhere to find in /var/log/* > >> > > >> > what i would do in a case like this is just monitor the output of > >> > 'pstree' to see which processes is running (ie wget, pacman, ..), > >> > then you can debug the networking issue from there. > >> > >> oooh! you learn new things every day :) > >> super tip. thanks! i got something, maybe > >> > >> pstree shows (when it hangs in url scheme error) > >> aif /sbin/aif -p automatic -c /root/pacinst.aif -d -l > >> |--pacman --root /mnt --config /tmp/pacman.conf -Sy > >> > >> and as according to some forum post (and it seems to work only with > >> this) i had to uncomment: > >> XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget ... > >> in /etc/pacman.conf to get pacman to work on the installer image > >> console. and now looking at the /tmp/pacman.conf, this option is > >> missing. > >> > >> but as i assumed (and test showed) the /tmp/pacman.conf gets newly > >> generated on every aif run. so i cant edit that. > >> > >> what file could i edit to get that xfercommand in /tmp/pacman.conf > >> > >> (this looks even closer, OMG! /me is crossing fingers... :) > > > > another tip: just grep in the aif source code and you'll see. > > > > if you grep for '/tmp/pacman.conf' you'll see there is a function > > target_write_pacman_conf in lib-pacman.sh, like any other function > > you can override this with your own. > > awesome tip! many thanks, again! > > at line 72 in /usr/lib/aif/core/libs/lib-pacman.sh i added: > XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u > > and aif gets packets though squid! and whats even better, pacproxy.py > works too, YAY! > > going to bed tired and happy :) > .andre actually i meant you can redefine the target_write_pacman_conf in your profile (pacinst.aif) btw i checked pacman.conf and it seems pacman by default uses a built-in http thingie, which does not support proxies. I think for aif, it's probably better to use the wget Xfercommand so that proxies work, especially for the target system. i'll check this on the pacman-dev mailing list. (btw you forgot reply to all) Dieter
