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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Arch Linux ARM Chroot Builder
+#
+# Licensed under the GPLv2.
+#
+# This script builds an Arch Linux ARM chroot.
+# It does not include a kernel or other "low-level" components.
+# First, it downloads and installs packages to the workingdir,
+# then configures some basics, sets the root password to "root",
+# and then creates a rootts.tar.gz and/or a UBI image, ready to flash.
+#
+# Usage: ./chroot-builder workingdir
+#
+# NOTE: This script is interactive.
+# Agree to installing packages and answer "y" to cleaning the Pacman database.
+#
+# ==== Variables to set ====
+INSTALLEDPKGS="base file heimdal openssl"
+RELEASEVER=2011.08
+MAKETARGZ=1
+# ==== The Process ====
+mkdir -p $1
+echo  -e "\033[1mInstalling packages...\033[0m"
+mkdir -p $1/var/lib/pacman
+pacman -Syyf --noconfirm --noprogressbar -r $1 $INSTALLEDPKGS
+
+echo -e "\033[1mSetting the password to 'root' and cleaning up:\033[0m"
+echo -e "root\nroot\n" | chroot $1/ /usr/bin/passwd root
+rm $1/dev/{console,null,zero}
+chroot $1/ mknod -m 600 /dev/console c 5 1
+chroot $1/ mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3
+chroot $1/ mknod -m 666 /dev/zero c 1 5
+rm $1/etc/locale.gen
+echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> $1/etc/locale.gen
+echo "en_US ISO-8859-1" >> $1/etc/locale.gen
+echo "de_DE ISO-8859-1" >> $1/etc/locale.gen
+echo "de_DE@euro ISO-8859-15" >> $1/etc/locale.gen
+chroot $1/ /usr/sbin/locale-gen
+chroot $1/ yes | /usr/bin/pacman -Scc
+echo $RELEASEVER > $1/etc/alarm-version
+
+# Here is the rootfs.tar.gz part if you set MAKETARGZ to 1
+if [ $MAKETARGZ = 1 ]; then
+     echo  -e "\033[1mCreating a rootfs.tar.gz...\033[0m"
+     cd $1
+     tar czf ../PlugApps-Linux-$RELEASEVER-rootfs.tar.gz ./*
+     cd ../
+else
+     echo -e "\033[1mNot creating a rootfs.tar.gz...\033[0m"
+fi
+
+echo -e "\033[1mCleaning up...\033[0m"
+rm -rf $1