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@@ -26,15 +26,22 @@ current-vs-15.0 drift bites. ## Prerequisites -You need three things in place, all configured in the CONFIG block at the top -of `sbo-batch-test`: +Configuration lives in an external file, not in the script. Copy `config.example` +to `~/.config/sbo-batch-tester/config` and edit it (the tool runs as root, so +that is `/root/.config/sbo-batch-tester/config`). Override the path with the +`SBO_BATCH_CONFIG` environment variable. You need three things set in it: 1. **`SLACKWARE_BASE`** - a LOCAL (non-NFS) full Slackware 15.0 install tree. This is the overlay lowerdir. It MUST be local (ext4/xfs). overlayfs over an NFS lowerdir is fragile and a known source of intermittent failures. -2. **`LOCAL_MIRROR_15`** - the NFS-mounted Slackware 15.0 mirror. Used only as a - package SOURCE to populate and patch `SLACKWARE_BASE`. Read-only is fine. +2. **`LOCAL_MIRROR_15`** - the NFS mountpoint for the Slackware 15.0 mirror. + Point it at the mount root itself; the actual tree (ChangeLog.txt, + slackware64/, patches/) is found one level down at + `$LOCAL_MIRROR_15/slackware64-$VERSION`. Used only as a package SOURCE to + populate and patch `SLACKWARE_BASE`. Read-only is fine. If the fstab entry is + `noauto`, the script auto-mounts it (`mount $LOCAL_MIRROR_15`) when absent and + leaves it mounted after the run. 3. **`SBO_TREE_ROOTS`** - one or more LOCAL SBo tree roots, resolved in order (first match wins). Standard SBo layout @@ -49,8 +56,8 @@ Populate from the NFS mirror with the FULL package set, not a minimal install. A minimal base causes false "missing dependency" results that would not happen on a normal user's full Slackware install. -Set `SLACKWARE_BASE` and `LOCAL_MIRROR_15` in the script's CONFIG block, then -run once as root: +Set `SLACKWARE_BASE` and `LOCAL_MIRROR_15` in your config file, then run once +as root: ```sh sbo-batch-test --init-base |