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Source: rootstrap
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 3.0.0), mkcramfs, docbook-utils
Standards-Version: 3.5.2
Package: rootstrap
Architecture: i386
Depends: python, user-mode-linux (>= 2.4.17.12um-1), debootstrap (>= 0.1.16.4), dpkg (>= 1.9.19)
Description: A tool for building complete Linux filesystem images
Rootstrap was originally written to provide a facility for building
filesystems for use with User-mode Linux, but can be useful in other
applications as well.
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It uses a modular set of shell scripts to create the filesystem
image, install a base system, and customize it for a particular
application. Currently, it only builds Debian systems, but the
architecture is such that other base systems could be used instead.
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Use of rootstrap does not require root access, or special privileges
of any kind. This is because it builds the filesystem inside a
User-mode Linux system running under an
unprivileged uid.
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Filesystem creation with rootstrap is quick and painless. With a
local mirror and a single command, a fresh Debian woody filesystem
can be created in about 3 minutes on relatively modest hardware.
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