BOOT=efi only changed the GRUB inside the rootfs squashfs — grub-mkrescue
builds the ISO bootloader from the build host's GRUB, so an ISO assembled
on a host without the x86_64-efi modules + mtools shipped with NO UEFI
boot entry. Booting that ISO on a UEFI machine showed:
"make sure there is a bootable uefi x64 image"
- check-host-deps.sh now verifies the GRUB module dirs it needs for a
hybrid ISO (/usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi from grub-efi-amd64-bin,
/usr/lib/grub/i386-pc from grub-pc-bin) and mtools, not just
grub-mkrescue.
- build-iso.sh verifies the finished ISO has both EFI and BIOS boot
entries (xorriso El Torito report) and prints the result; BOOT=efi
builds FAIL if the EFI entry is missing.
- GitLab CI build image gains grub-pc-bin, grub-efi-amd64-bin, mtools.
- docs/building.md: hybrid-ISO burning instructions (dd) and the
"bootable uefi x64 image" troubleshooting path.
check-host-deps (and the build scripts themselves) reported build
dependencies as missing even though the packages were installed. Several
tools — debootstrap, sgdisk, losetup, partprobe, mkfs.vfat, grub-install —
live in /usr/sbin or /sbin, which non-root users and CI runners often
don't have on PATH, so `command -v` failed.
- common.sh now prepends /usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin to PATH, so every
script finds these tools no matter who invokes the build.
- check-host-deps now distinguishes "package not installed" from "installed
but not on PATH" via dpkg-query, so the message tells you exactly what is
wrong instead of a misleading "missing package".
- deploy-disk.sh: the shared "write a finished system to a disk" step —
partition (GPT bios/efi) -> btrfs layout via btrfs/init.sh -> rsync
rootfs -> chroot (real fstab, GRUB, hostname). Carries the optional
ARCLINE_SIGN hook; the signing tooling itself lands in a later commit.
- apply-fstab.sh: renders the edition fstab template with real root/efi
UUIDs and drops the swap line.
- build-image.sh: rootfs -> bootable qcow2/raw disk image (sparse file +
loop device + deploy), the cloud edition's primary output.
- install.sh: scripted installer for a real disk, confirmation-gated.
- Makefile: image-<edition> targets (+ minimal variants); build-edition.sh
learns the "image" stage; cloud metadata now ships a disk image.
- check-host-deps.sh / GitLab CI: add gdisk, parted, rsync, dosfstools,
qemu-utils, dpkg, sbsigntool to the build image.
Scaffold the Arcline OS build system ("the wires"): a transparent,
auditable pipeline that turns a Debian bookworm base into hardened OS
images for the server, workstation, and cloud editions.
- Makefile orchestrates everything (make iso-<edition>, check, test,
toolchain, clean); versions.mk is the single source of truth for
versions and paths.
- scripts/ is the plain-bash pipeline: debootstrap -> install packages
-> apply overlays -> in-chroot configure -> live ISO, plus a rootfs
archive along the way.
- ARCLINE_TOOLCHAIN=auto|skip|require controls whether the 11 Go tools
are bundled into an image (auto by default; minimal builds available
via make iso-<edition>-minimal).
- GPL-3.0 licensed, sponsored by Arcline IT LLC.
