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vm-builder package

  1. Bug #468809
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 468809

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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote : Re: [Bug 468809] Re: Support adding custom debs from a local apt repository

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 08:01:44PM -0000, Daniel Kulesz wrote:
>
> Now when I have a package which is not available in any repository (a
> custom deb), I didn't find a simple way to include it in the built VM,
> except using one of those workarounds I mentioned. I even don't want to
> setup an own, local apt repository? I just want to include a filename
> (or path) in my local filesystem, and have the debs included from there.
>

You can probably use the finish script option to copy your debs into the root
filesystem and then dpkg install them via a chroot.