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 1. Sed out any file with the kernel version number in it.

The readahead lists need to be updated at regular points in the release process to ensure that they closely match a likely installed system.

The recommended points are:

This way each test candidate gives the same speed impression as the final release.

Procedure

  1. Download appropriate daily Ubuntu Desktop CD image
  2. Install in a vmware instance (single CPU, 256MB RAM)
  3. Boot installed image with "profile" kernel command-line option.
  4. Copy /etc/readahead/boot out and replace the debian/boot.list file in the readahead-list source package with it.
  5. Sed out any file with the kernel version number in it.
  6. Upload with suitable changelog entry.

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ReadaheadListUpdate (last edited 2009-03-25 16:21:21 by quest)