Merge branch 'master' into arm64

Author: XECDesign

README.md

@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ Getting started is as simple as cloning this repository on your build machine. Y
 can do so with:
 
 ```bash
-git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RPI-Distro/pi-gen.git
+git clone https://github.com/RPI-Distro/pi-gen.git
 ```
 
-Using `--depth 1` with `git clone` will create a shallow clone, only containing
+`--depth 1` can be added afer `git clone` to create a shallow clone, only containing
 the latest revision of the repository. Do not do this on your development machine.
 
 Also, be careful to clone the repository to a base path **NOT** containing spaces.
@@ -80,8 +80,11 @@ The following environment variables are supported:
 
 * `RELEASE` (Default: bullseye)
 
-   The release version to build images against. Valid values are jessie, stretch,
-   buster, bullseye, and testing.
+   The release version to build images against. Valid values are any supported
+   Debian release. However, since different releases will have different sets of
+   packages available, you'll need to either modify your stages accordingly, or
+   checkout the appropriate branch. For example, if you'd like to build a
+   `buster` image, you should do so from the `buster` branch.
 
  * `APT_PROXY` (Default: unset)
 
@@ -212,6 +215,13 @@ The following environment variables are supported:
    public key authentication.  Note that if SSH is not enabled this will take
    effect when SSH becomes enabled.
 
+ * `SETFCAP` (Default: unset)
+
+   * Setting to `1` will prevent pi-gen from dropping the "capabilities"
+   feature. Generating the root filesystem with capabilities enabled and running
+   it from a filesystem that does not support capabilities (like NFS) can cause
+   issues. Only enable this if you understand what it is.
+
  * `STAGE_LIST` (Default: `stage*`)
 
     If set, then instead of working through the numeric stages in order, this list will be followed. For example setting to `"stage0 stage1 mystage stage2"` will run the contents of `mystage` before stage2. Note that quotes are needed around the list. An absolute or relative path can be given for stages outside the pi-gen directory.
@@ -489,7 +499,7 @@ A 64 bit image can be generated from the `arm64` branch in this repository. Just
 replace the command from [this section](#getting-started-with-building-your-images)
 by the one below, and follow the rest of the documentation:
 ```bash
-git clone --depth 1 --branch arm64 https://github.com/RPI-Distro/pi-gen.git
+git clone --branch arm64 https://github.com/RPI-Distro/pi-gen.git
 ```
 
 If you want to generate a 64 bits image from a Raspberry Pi running a 32 bits

build.sh

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export TARGET_HOSTNAME=${TARGET_HOSTNAME:-raspberrypi}
 export FIRST_USER_NAME=${FIRST_USER_NAME:-pi}
 export FIRST_USER_PASS
 export DISABLE_FIRST_BOOT_USER_RENAME=${DISABLE_FIRST_BOOT_USER_RENAME:-0}
-export RELEASE=${RELEASE:-bullseye}
+export RELEASE=${RELEASE:-bullseye} # Don't forget to update stage0/prerun.sh
 export WPA_ESSID
 export WPA_PASSWORD
 export WPA_COUNTRY
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ fi
 
 export NO_PRERUN_QCOW2="${NO_PRERUN_QCOW2:-1}"
 
+if [ "$SETFCAP" != "1" ]; then
+	export CAPSH_ARG="--drop=cap_setfcap"
+fi
+
 dependencies_check "${BASE_DIR}/depends"
 
 #check username is valid

scripts/common

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ bootstrap(){
 	BOOTSTRAP_ARGS+=("$@")
 	printf -v BOOTSTRAP_STR '%q ' "${BOOTSTRAP_ARGS[@]}"
 
-	capsh --drop=cap_setfcap -- -c "'${BOOTSTRAP_CMD}' $BOOTSTRAP_STR" || true
+	capsh $CAPSH_ARG -- -c "'${BOOTSTRAP_CMD}' $BOOTSTRAP_STR" || true
 
 	if [ -d "$2/debootstrap" ] && ! rmdir "$2/debootstrap"; then
 		cp "$2/debootstrap/debootstrap.log" "${STAGE_WORK_DIR}"
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ on_chroot() {
 		mount --bind /sys "${ROOTFS_DIR}/sys"
 	fi
 
-	capsh --drop=cap_setfcap "--chroot=${ROOTFS_DIR}/" -- -e "$@"
+	capsh $CAPSH_ARG "--chroot=${ROOTFS_DIR}/" -- -e "$@"
 }
 export -f on_chroot
 

stage0/prerun.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+if [ "$RELEASE" != "bullseye" ]; then
+	echo "WARNING: RELEASE does not match the intended option for this branch."
+	echo "         Please check the relevant README.md section."
+fi
+
 if [ ! -d "${ROOTFS_DIR}" ] || [ "${USE_QCOW2}" = "1" ]; then
 	bootstrap ${RELEASE} "${ROOTFS_DIR}" http://deb.debian.org/debian/
 fi