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971 | </para> | 971 | </para> |
972 | 972 | ||
973 | <para> | 973 | <para> |
974 | Along with writing out the root filesystem image, the | ||
975 | <filename>do_rootfs</filename> task creates a manifest file | ||
976 | (<filename>.manifest</filename>) in the same directory as | ||
977 | the root filesystem image that lists out, line-by-line, the | ||
978 | installed packages. | ||
979 | This manifest file is useful for the | ||
980 | <link linkend='ref-classes-testimage'><filename>testimage</filename></link> | ||
981 | class, for example, to determine whether or not to run | ||
982 | specific tests. | ||
983 | See the | ||
984 | <link linkend='var-IMAGE_MANIFEST'><filename>IMAGE_MANIFEST</filename></link> | ||
985 | variable for additional information. | ||
986 | </para> | ||
987 | |||
988 | <para> | ||
974 | Part of the image generation process includes compressing the | 989 | Part of the image generation process includes compressing the |
975 | root filesystem image. | 990 | root filesystem image. |
976 | Compression is accomplished through several optimization | 991 | Compression is accomplished through several optimization |