[ddp] rootstrap : A tool for building complete Linux filesystem images

[daily-debian-package at enix.org]

Hello,

Today, I'm happy to present you the Debian package rootstrap, which is
part of the utils section, and maintained by User Mode Linux
Maintainers <pkg-uml-pkgs at lists.alioth.debian.org>. 

This package contains : 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.

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.

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.

Filesystem creation with rootstrap is quick and painless.  With a
local mirror and a single command, a fresh Debian filesystem
can be created in about 3 minutes on relatively modest hardware.


Package homepage     :
 http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/rootstrap

Package bug homepage :
 http://bugs.debian.org/rootstrap

Package QA homepage  :
 http://packages.qa.debian.org/rootstrap

Have fun with Debian packages !

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