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authorJonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>2014-08-07 19:52:53 +0200
committerJonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>2014-08-07 19:53:07 +0200
commit3673705d592303cfe25eef87b28df5fcd0c180cd (patch)
treebb95a9c2e143d55b1a36c1b325cf636e7eab5b67
parenta4302db5f5ee8b651f6015613031e1f89f439a90 (diff)
Extend and slightly rephrase README.
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/profiles/README b/profiles/README
index 4126984..e02ef6f 100644
--- a/profiles/README
+++ b/profiles/README
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-Class and node definitions
-==========================
+Classes and nodes usable by Boxer
+=================================
-Classes and nodes are YAML files parsed by reclass.
+Classes and nodes are YAML files parsed by reclass. See reclass
+documentation for more info on its syntax and structure.
+
+Additional syntax needed for parsing by Boxer is covered below.
Classes
@@ -35,6 +38,17 @@ pkg-avoid: Packages to remove
tweak: Tweaks to apply after package actions
+Packages
+--------
+
+Packages are binary packages registered in APT.
+
+One way to resolve package lists for classes is to to try mark most
+possible packages on an actual system as auto-installed (e.g. hit "M"
+with aptitude in fullscreen mode), and then dump the list of remaining
+manually installed packages with "apt-mark showmanual".
+
+
Tweaks
------