Patching the ArchLinux AIF installer

I recently found out an error trying to install ArchLinux from a custom live image I built using Archiso.

Aif (ArchLinux Installation Framework) fails when selecting the first option (Select sources) and throws the following message:

ERROR: ask_checklist makes only sense if you specify at least 1 thing (tag,item and ON/OFF switch)
 

Well, I needed to fix this bug and include the patched Aif package in the ISO I built, so, after some minutes of researching, I found out the problem was that Aif couldn’t retrieve the repos configured on pacman.conf

The bug was easily fixed, but the real leason learned for me was how to create a patch and apply that patch to an ArchLinux package, here you are the steps I followed.

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New Site

Hi there!

It’s been a long time since last time I updated this site, so I’m trying to give it some more love, a new design and a new blog section…

Well, I’m not very fan of blogs, but I’ll try to keep it up to date…
or not… we’ll see.