Use Octopus platform as part of a custom makefile?

You shouldn't add the modules that are added by BOA to your Octopus platforms (also your custom platform), automatically (every morning). Please read: http://omega8.cc/extra-modules-available-in-all-platforms-123

[EDIT] Note that you can add the magic symlink to your new custom platforms on demand by running the script which normally runs only once, every morning: bash /var/xdrago/usage.sh

My first comment here so before anything else I'd like to thank omega8cc for her amazing work!

I've been trying to add a new platform based on the default pressflow-6.24.1-dev because when I attempt to create a Pressflow platform from a makefile , I get a drupal 6.22 version of Pressflow!

So far, I've tried to add platforms using two methods.
1/ Using a makefile
2/ Copying a Drupal folder

Both methods work well, except when I try to copy/clone one of the default platforms!

The platform gets installed but I can't verify it. Here's the error:

That would seem to indicate that I have to use a makefile, but according to step 3 in the following page, I know I should be able to add the path to the folder
http://omega8.cc/import-your-sites-to-aegir-in-8-easy-steps-109

Actually, I find the following quite confusing:
The absolute path on the filesystem or public URL of a makefile that will be used to create the platform in the directory specified above. If the directory already exists, this file will be ignored.

It gives me the impression a platform can only be added using the makefile method. Especially since the form label is "Makefile".

Another attempt was to use
drush make-generate

from the pressflow-6.24.1-dev folder... but this fails too, as I get the error "The drush command 'make-generate' could not be found. ....".

Some makefiles are available here
http://drupalcode.org/project/octopus.git/tree/e05648179bfbc968f10e0fb5f...

but there are no pressflow 6.24.

Finally, when I try to cleanup and delete the failed platform, the task fails with the following message:
The directory /data/disk/dev/static/pressflow-6.24-1.custom does not contain a valid Drupal installation

So, what am I missing?

Thanks!

Well, in fact it is a serious UX issue and we have to fix this to avoid this (expected) confusion.

For reference, here is a detailed how-to for this step:

1. Click on Add Platform link in the Administration block.
2. Start typing its name - for example: My Platform Name.
3. Click on the edit link below the name field.
4. You will see the Path field right below (don't confuse it with makefile field)
5. Paste the result of pwd command as your platform path.
6. Submit the form and wait until Aegir will verify the platform.

We need to improve/fix both the how-to and inline help if we already enabled this feature by default.