Ubuntu MATE is switching to a layered image in preparation to
use ubuntu-desktop-provision. Luckily, their seed structure is
already well-structured for layering, so this is easily done.
This has become moot now that the code block has been
moved out from live-build/functions to live-build/auto/build
so passing the argument is not needed anymore.
Presence of this field helps in determining if the image is an
unminimized image, which then can be leveraged in the unminimize
script to easily determine the image type.
fix: Set the required debconf settings to allow for non interactive grub updates in cloud images (LP: #2054103)
As part of addressing LP: #2054103 [1] an update to grub-pc added a feature to be able to ensure that grub-pc
installation can happen noninteractively on cloud images.
This change is equivalent to running
```
debconf-set-selections grub-pc grub-efi/cloud_style_installation boolean true
debconf-set-selections grub-pc grub-pc/cloud_style_installation boolean true
```
These were introduced optionally to determine the install device using
`grub-probe` dynamically instead of having to fill the `grub-pc/install-devices`
debconf entry.
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/2054103
MP: https://code.launchpad.net/~philroche/livecd-rootfs/+git/livecd-rootfs/+merge/461062
As part of addressing LP: #2054103 [1] an update to grub-pc added a feature to be able to ensure that grub-pc
installation can happen noninteractively on cloud images.
This change is equivalent to running
```
debconf-set-selections grub-pc grub-efi/cloud_style_installation boolean true
debconf-set-selections grub-pc grub-pc/cloud_style_installation boolean true
```
These were introduced optionally to determine the install device using
`grub-probe` dynamically instead of having to fill the `grub-pc/install-devices`
debconf entry.
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/2054103
There was a time historically where Launchpad buildd might have relied
on that behaviour, but this shouldn't be the case anymore as it sets
priority manually when building backports.
Meanwhile any other builds using buildd images (e.g. snapcraft)
shouldn't default to backports unless required. (lp: #2009871)
Refs:
- [1] https://git.launchpad.net/launchpad-buildd/commit?id=c2ebcb6752
Per the comments, BASE_SEED was initially used to identify the seed in the
flavor to use for identifying preseeded snaps, and later was also used to
identify which "minimal-remove" seed to apply to an image.
The first usage is now obsolete after a refactor; we now correctly detect
snaps from any of the included seeds without needing an explicit
declaration.
The second usage only applies to installer images that are NOT using layered
squashfs, since for these images 'minimal' is a separate squashfs layer
rather than a list of packages to remove after the fact.
Refactor this code to eliminate pointless definitions of BASE_SEED and
define it only for the subset of flavors today that:
- have a 'minimal-remove' seed
- are not using layered squashfs.
Erich Eickmeyer
Utkarsh Gupta
John Chittum
Steve Langasek
Dan Bungert
handsome_feng
Jess Jang
Chad Smith
Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak
Philip Roche
Brian Murray
Sean Davis
Simon Poirier
Julian Andres Klode
Julian Andres Klode