Fedora live image build tools and their options

tools_config.txt

boot iso
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Mandatory:

    -p STRING, --product=STRING
                        product name
    -v STRING, --version=STRING
                        version identifier
    -r STRING, --release=STRING
                        release information
    -s REPOSITORY, --source=REPOSITORY
                        source repository (may be listed multiple times)

Optional with sensible defaults:

    -b URL, --bugurl=URL
    --buildarch=STRING  build architecture
    -c STRING, --config=STRING
                        config file

Optional with no sensible defaults:


    -m REPOSITORY, --mirrorlist=REPOSITORY
                        mirrorlist repository (may be listed multiple times)
    -t STRING, --variant=STRING
                        variant name                        
    --proxy=STRING      repo proxy url:port
    -e STRING, --excludepkgs=STRING
                        package glob to exclude (may be listed multiple times)
    --volid=STRING      volume id

Switches:

    --nomacboot
    --isfinal

dvd iso
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Mandatory:

  -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
                        Path to kickstart config file
 

Optional with sensible defaults:

   --name=NAME           the name for your distribution (defaults to "Fedora")
   --ver=VERSION         the version of your distribution (defaults to
                        datestamp)
  --arch=ARCH           Override default (uname based) arch
  --destdir=DESTDIR     destination directory (defaults to current directory)
  --cachedir=CACHEDIR   package cache directory (defaults to /var/cache/pungi)
  --bugurl=BUGURL       the url for your bug system (defaults to
                        http://bugzilla.redhat.com)


Optional with no sensible defaults:

  --flavor=FLAVOR       the flavor of your distribution spin (optional)

Switches:

  --selfhosting         build a self-hosting tree by following build
                        dependencies (optional)
  --fulltree            build a tree that includes all packages built from
                        corresponding source rpms (optional)
  --nosource            disable gathering of source packages (optional)
  --nodebuginfo         disable gathering of debuginfo packages (optional)
  --nodownload          disable downloading of packages. instead, print the
                        package URLs (optional)
  --norelnotes          disable gathering of release notes (optional)
  --nogreedy            disable pulling of all providers of package
                        dependencies (optional)
  --sourceisos          Create the source isos (other arch runs must be done)
  --force               Force reuse of an existing destination directory (will
                        overwrite files)
  --isfinal             Specify this is a GA tree, which causes betanag to be
                        turned off during install
  --nohash              disable hashing the Packages trees
  --full-archlist       Use the full arch list for x86_64 (include i686, i386,
                        etc.)
 --all-stages          Enable ALL stages
  -G                    Flag to enable processing the Gather stage
  -C                    Flag to enable processing the Createrepo stage
  -B                    Flag to enable processing the BuildInstall stage
  -I                    Flag to enable processing the CreateISO stage


live iso
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Mandatory:

    -c KSCFG, --config=KSCFG
                        Path or url to kickstart config file
  

Optional with no sensible defaults:

    -p, --plugins       Use yum plugins during image creation
    --logfile=FILE      Save debug information to FILE
    -b BASE_ON, --base-on=BASE_ON
                        Add packages to an existing live CD iso9660 image.
  
Optional with sensible defaults:
    --title=TITLE       Title used by syslinux.cfg file
    --product=PRODUCT   Product name used in syslinux.cfg boot stanzas and
                        countdown

    --releasever=RELEASEVER
                        Value to substitute for $releasever in kickstart repo
                        urls


    -f FSLABEL, --fslabel=FSLABEL
                        File system label (default based on config name)

    --compression-type=COMPRESS_TYPE
                        Compression type recognized by mksquashfs (default xz
                        needs a 2.6.38+ kernel, gzip works with all kernels,
                        lzo needs a 2.6.36+ kernel, lzma needs custom kernel.)
                        Set to 'None' to force read from base_on.

    -t TMPDIR, --tmpdir=TMPDIR
                        Temporary directory to use (default: /var/tmp)
    --cache=CACHEDIR    Cache directory to use (default: private cache
    --cacheonly         Work offline from cache, use together with --cache
                        (default: False)

Switches:

    -d, --debug         Output debugging information
    -v, --verbose       Output verbose progress information
    -q, --quiet         Supress stdout