more work done... still 100% untested, and i need to finish the package lists, but i have a testing platform built for all the distros.

LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+COPYING

TODO

@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
 -X-platform
 --what distros are supported?
 --automatically install what we need for buildtime
---hardcode list of runtime dependencies (e.g. openssh, vim, etc.)
+---need to finish pkg lists and then test, but meta files should be done as well as lib script
+--hardcode list of runtime (e.g. live media) dependencies (e.g. openssh, vim, etc.)
+--...and create separate list for after-the-fact e.g. goodies
 
 ## Split into Separate Tools CD ##
 

extra/pre-build.d/usr/lib/initcpio/install/archiso_http_custom

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ build() {
     add_runscript
 
     add_binary curl
+
+    add_full_dir /etc/ssl
+    add_full_dir /etc/ca-certificates
 }
 
 help() {

lib/00-depcheck.func.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 function so_check_me_out {
 
+ FUNCNAME="depcheck"
+
  if [[ -n ${HOST_DIST} ]]; 
  then
    if [[ ! -f ${BASEDIR}/lib/prereqs/${HOST_DIST}/meta || ! -f ${BASEDIR}/lib/prereqs/${HOST_DIST}/pkgs ]]; 
@@ -43,6 +45,9 @@ function so_check_me_out {
  META="${DISTRO_DIR}/meta"
  PKGLIST="${DISTRO_DIR}/pkgs"
 
+ # And once more, just to be safe.
+ source ${META}
+
  if [[ "${PRE_RUN}" != 'none' ]];
  then
    echo "Now updating your local package cache..."

lib/02-holla_atcha_boi.func.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 function holla_atcha_boi {
 
+ FUNCNAME="holla_atcha_boi"
+
  if [[ "${I_AM_A_RACECAR}" == "y" ]]; 
  then
    RACECAR_CHK='nice -n -19 '

lib/03-release_me.func.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 function release_me () {
+
+  FUNCNAME="release_me"
+
   ## check for mountpoints from a manual chroot and umount them if they're still mounted.
   ## NOTE: you can use findmnt(8) to view a tree of mountpoints, including bindmounts etc.
   # Is there an active chroot?

lib/04-facehugger.func.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 function facehugger () {
+
+  FUNCNAME="facehugger"
+
   local ARCHSUFFIX="${1}"
   if [[ "${1}" == "64" ]]; 
   then

lib/05-chroot_wrapper.func.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 function chroot_wrapper () {
+
+  FUNCNAME="chroot_wrapper"
+
   local ARCHSUFFIX="${1}"
   if [[ "${1}" == "64" ]]; 
   then

lib/06-jenny_craig.func.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 function jenny_craig () {
+
+  FUNCNAME="jenny_craig"
+
   BUILDDIR="${BUILDDIR_GLOB}"
   if [[ "${1}" == "64" ]]; 
   then

lib/07-centos_is_stupid.func.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 function centos_is_stupid {
+
+  FUNCNAME="centos_is_stupid"
+
   echo "Checking for appropriate kernel version and mksquashfs version..."
   SQFS_VER=$(mksquashfs -version 2>&1 | head -n1 | awk '{print $3}' | sed -re 's/(^[0-9]*\.[0-9]*).*$/\1/g')
   KERN_VER=$(uname -r | cut -f1 -d"-")

lib/08-will_it_blend.func.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 function will_it_blend () {
+
+  FUNCNAME="will_it_blend"
+
   local ARCHSUFFIX="${1}"
   if [[ "${1}" == "64" ]]; 
   then

lib/09-stuffy.func.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 function stuffy {
 
+  FUNCNAME="stuffy"
+
   cp -f ${BASEDIR}/VERSION_INFO.txt ${TEMPDIR}/.
 
   if [[ "${I_AM_A_RACECAR}" == "y" ]]; 

lib/10-yo_dj.func.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 function yo_dj () {
+
+  FUNCNAME="yo_dj"
+
   ARCH="${1}"
   echo "Building the actual .iso image. This may take a while."
   #im_batman ## WHYTF IS THIS HERE?!

lib/11-mentos.func.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 function mentos {
+
+ FUNCNAME="mentos"
+
  # Freshen up the chroots to git's HEAD. Package lists, overlay, etc.
  sed -i -e '/base-devel/d ; /multilib-devel/d' ${BASEDIR}/extra/packages.*
  # both

lib/prereqs/Antergos/meta

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NAME='Antergos'
 SUPPORTED='yes'
-CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Antergos Linux\"" /etc/os-release'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Antergos Linux\"$" /etc/os-release'
-PKG_MGR='pacman --noconfirm -S ${pkgname}'
+PKG_MGR='pacman -S --needed --noconfirm ${pkgname}'
 PRE_RUN='pacman -Syyy'
 PKG_CHK='pacman -Q ${pkgname}'
 URL='http://antergos.com/'

lib/prereqs/Antergos/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../Arch/pkgs

lib/prereqs/Arch/meta

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NAME='Arch'
 SUPPORTED='yes'
-CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Arch Linux\"" /etc/os-release'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Arch Linux\"$" /etc/os-release'
-PKG_MGR='pacman --noconfirm -S ${pkgname}'
+PKG_MGR='pacman -S --needed --noconfirm ${pkgname}'
 PRE_RUN='pacman -Syyy'
 PKG_CHK='pacman -Q ${pkgname}'
 URL='https://www.archlinux.org/'

lib/prereqs/Arch/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+binutils
+curl
+gcc-libs-multilib
+gcc-multilib
+git
+libisoburn
+lynx
+make
+patch
+perl
+rsync
+sed
+squashfs-tools
+syslinux
+xorriso
+xz
+zlib

lib/prereqs/CentOS/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../RHEL/pkgs

lib/prereqs/Debian/meta

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 NAME='Debian'
 SUPPORTED='yes'
-CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^[0-9.]*$" /etc/debian_version'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Debian\ GNU/Linux\"$" /etc/os-release'
-CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Debian\ GNU/Linux\"" /etc/os-release'
 PKG_MGR='apt-get -y install ${pkgname}'
 PRE_RUN='apt-get update'
-PKG_CHK='dpkg-query -l ${pkgname}'
+PKG_CHK='dpkg-query -l ${pkgname} | egrep "^ii[[:space:]]*${pkgname}"'
 URL='http://www.debian.org/'

lib/prereqs/Debian/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+git
+curl
+dosfstools
+libisoburn1
+lynx
+rsync
+sed
+squashfs-tools
+xorriso
+xz-utils

lib/prereqs/Devuan/meta

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+NAME='Devuan'
+SUPPORTED='yes'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Devuan\ GNU/Linux\"$" /etc/os-release'
+PKG_MGR='apt-get -y install ${pkgname}'
+PRE_RUN='apt-get update'
+PKG_CHK='dpkg-query -l ${pkgname} | egrep "^ii[[:space:]]*${pkgname}"'
+URL='http://www.debian.org/'

lib/prereqs/Devuan/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../Debian/pkgs

lib/prereqs/Fedora/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+git
+curl
+libisofs
+lynx
+rsync
+sed
+squashfs-tools
+xorriso
+xz

lib/prereqs/HUMAN

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This directory is used to enable cross-distro support. A list of packages is needed for the *host* to build the ISO. Adding distro support is easy; there simply needs to be the following added:
+This directory is used to enable cross-distro support and set baseline ISO packages needed for it to boot. A list of packages is needed for the *host* to build the ISO as well, which you'll find detailed below. Adding distro support is easy; there simply needs to be the following added:
 
 <basedir>/lib/prereqs/<Distro>/{meta,pkgs}
 

lib/prereqs/Manjaro/meta

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NAME='Manjaro'
 SUPPORTED='yes'
-CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Manjaro Linux\"" /etc/os-release'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"Manjaro Linux\"$" /etc/os-release'
-PKG_MGR='pacman --noconfirm -S ${pkgname}'
+PKG_MGR='pacman -S --needed --noconfirm ${pkgname}'
 PRE_RUN='pacman -Syyyu'
 PKG_CHK='pacman -Q ${pkgname}'
 URL='https://manjaro.org/'

lib/prereqs/Manjaro/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../Arch/pkgs

lib/prereqs/Mint/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../Ubuntu/pkgs

lib/prereqs/RHEL/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+git
+curl
+libisofs
+lynx
+rsync
+sed
+squashfs-tools
+xorriso
+xz

lib/prereqs/SUSE/meta

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 NAME='SUSE'
-SUPPORTED=
+SUPPORTED='yes'
 # Both SLED and SLES. We can probably safely combine them.
-CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"SLE(D|S)\"" /etc/os-release'
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"SLE(D|S)\"$" /etc/os-release'
-PKG_MGR='zypper install -l ${pkgname}'
+PKG_MGR='zypper install --no-confirm -l ${pkgname}'
-PRE_RUN='none'
+PRE_RUN='zypper refresh'
 PKG_CHK='rpm -q ${pkgname} | egrep "^${pkgname}-[0-9]"'
 URL='https://www.suse.com/'

lib/prereqs/SUSE/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../openSUSE/pkgs

lib/prereqs/Ubuntu/pkgs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+git
+curl
+dosfstools
+libisoburn1
+lynx
+rsync
+sed
+squashfs-tools
+xorriso
+xz-utils

lib/prereqs/iso.pkgs.lst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+syslinux

lib/prereqs/openSUSE/meta

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 NAME='openSUSE'
 SUPPORTED='yes'
-CHECK_METHOD=''
+# Default doesn't have the quotes around the value, but I have a feeling that's a bug that will get "fixed" soon.
-PKG_MGR=''
+CHECK_METHOD='egrep "^NAME=\"?openSUSE\"?$" /etc/os-release'
-PRE_RUN=''
+PKG_MGR='zypper install --no-confirm -l ${pkgname}'
-PKG_CHK=''
+PRE_RUN='zypper refresh'
+PKG_CHK='rpm -q ${pkgname} | egrep "^${pkgname}-[0-9]"'
 URL='https://www.opensuse.org/'