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--- Begin Message ---Package: debianutils Version: 2.28.6 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, The installkernel script is beginning to show its age, and does not match how other packages cooperate in the installation of kernel images in recent (like, for the last few) releases of Debian. The installkernel, when run by root, runs mkboot by default, which talks about the importance of boot floppy diskettes (I don't even have a floppy drive anymore), and tries to run or not run lilo and elilo based on heuristics (are they installed, is grub installed -- I can have grub installed and yet still use lilo, but that is not something considered), I have tried using the current installkernel script as an end user, and the behaviour was not something I consider desirable. installkernel also unconditionally creates symbolic links in $DESTDIR (nominally /boot). The symlinks created are: $DESTDIR/{config,System.map,vmlinu[xz]} These symlinks are not useful if you use grub, or use official kernel images. Creating these links make it less useful when used to create kernel image packages. (running mkboot is even worse when building a kernel image package). Ideally, the symbolic links should be updated if they exist, but should not be created when they do not. I have a tested version of installkernel that does not call mkboot, and only updates symlinks, but doe4s not create them. Next, the modern Debian installation has kernel images run scripts which have been dropped into /etc/kernel/{pre,post}{inst,rm}.d/ directories, or put into /etc/kernel-img.conf -- and installkernel does not do anything like this. Now, when installkernel is called (by running make install in a kernel source directory), the modules might not yet have been installed, so running the scripts would be wrong (intramfs, for instance, depends on the modules being around) I would like to use intallkernel to build kernel images, since then I can use Kbuild interfaces to create the kernel packages, and greatly simplify kernel building, and make it more robust. manoj --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >From faadb82c786a9e44c3904e1e5253ec11ddb9b62d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >From: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 14:17:17 -0500 This patch updates the installkernel script to be useful on modern Debian installations, which now default to grub, and not LILO, and also tend to run initial RAM fs creators, and other post processing steps, before hooking in their boot manager update scripts. mkboot has not been the default way to setup a newly installed kernel in about a decade or so. installkernel also unconditionally created symbolic links in $DESTDIR (nominally /boot). The symlinks created were: $DESTDIR/{config,System.map,vmlinu[xz]} These symlinks are not useful if you use grub, or use official kernel images. Creating these links make it less useful when used to create kernel image packages. (running mkboot is even worse when building a kernel image package). Ideally, the symbolic links should be updated if they exist, but should not be created when they do not, which is what this patch does. Next, the modern Debian installation has kernel images run scripts which have been dropped into /etc/kernel/{pre,post}{inst,rm}.d/ directories, or put into /etc/kernel-img.conf -- and installkernel does not do anything like this. When installkernel is called (by running make install in a kernel source directory), the modules might not yet have been installed, so running the scripts would be wrong (intramfs, for instance, depends on the modules being around) Signed-off-by: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- installkernel | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++---------- installkernel.8 | 19 ++++--------------- 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/installkernel b/installkernel index 8f1010f..e4e1079 100644 --- a/installkernel +++ b/installkernel @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ set -e +# Parse the command line options if [ $# -eq 3 ] || [ $# -eq 4 ] ; then img="$2" map="$3" @@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ else exit 1 fi +# Create backups of older versions before installing updatever () { if [ -f "$dir/$1-$ver" ] ; then mv "$dir/$1-$ver" "$dir/$1-$ver.old" @@ -35,16 +37,20 @@ updatever () { cat "$2" > "$dir/$1-$ver" + # This section is for backwards compatibility only if test -f "$dir/$1" ; then + # The presence of "$dir/$1" is unusual in modern intallations, and + # the results are mostly unused. So only recreate them if they + # already existed. if test -L "$dir/$1" && - [ "$(readlink -f ${dir}/${1})" = "${dir}/${1}-${ver}" ]; then - ln -sf "$1-$ver.old" "$dir/$1.old" + [ "$(readlink -f ${dir}/${1})" = "${dir}/${1}-${ver}" ]; then + ln -sf "$1-$ver.old" "$dir/$1.old" + ln -sf "$1-$ver" "$dir/$1" else - mv "$dir/$1" "$dir/$1.old" + mv "$dir/$1" "$dir/$1.old" + cat "$2" > "$dir/$1" fi fi - - ln -sf "$1-$ver" "$dir/$1" } if [ "$(basename $img)" = "vmlinux" ] ; then @@ -60,8 +66,13 @@ if [ -f "$config" ] ; then updatever config "$config" fi -if [ "$(basename $img)" = "vmlinux" ] && [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ] ; then - mkboot -i ${dir}/vmlinux-${ver} -else - mkboot -i ${dir}/vmlinuz-${ver} -fi +## This is very far from existing practice in modern Debian installations +######################################################################## +# if [ "$(basename $img)" = "vmlinux" ] && [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ] ; then # +# mkboot -i ${dir}/vmlinux-${ver} # +# else # +# mkboot -i ${dir}/vmlinuz-${ver} # +# fi # +######################################################################## + +exit 0 diff --git a/installkernel.8 b/installkernel.8 index 14511c3..1749c6e 100644 --- a/installkernel.8 +++ b/installkernel.8 @@ -12,27 +12,16 @@ tree. It is called by the Linux kernel makefiles when is invoked there. .P The new kernel is installed into -.IR {directory}/vmlinuz-{version} , -a link is made from +.IR {directory}/vmlinuz-{version} . +If a symbolic link +.I {directory}/vmlinuz +already exists, it is refreshed by making a link from .I {directory}/vmlinuz to the new kernel, and the previously installed kernel is available as .IR {directory}/vmlinuz.old . -If you use LILO, -.I /etc/lilo.conf -should contain entries for the images -.IR {directory}/vmlinuz " and " {directory}/vmlinuz.old . -.RI ( {version} -is the new kernel's version.) -.P -.B installkernel -calls -.B mkboot -i -to make the system bootable after the kernel is installed. .SH BUGS installkernel resides in /sbin only because the Linux kernel makefiles call it from there. It should really be in /usr/sbin. It isn't needed to boot a system, and it calls .BR mkboot , which depends on the /usr partition being mounted. -.SH "SEE ALSO" -mkboot(8), lilo(8), lilo.conf(5) -- 1.5.5.3 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages debianutils depends on: ii libc6 2.7-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries debianutils recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- "That government is best which governs least." Thomas Jefferson Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
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--- Begin Message ---Source: debianutils Source-Version: 2.29 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of debianutils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: debianutils_2.29.dsc to pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_2.29.dsc debianutils_2.29.tar.gz to pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_2.29.tar.gz debianutils_2.29_i386.deb to pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_2.29_i386.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated debianutils package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:13:58 -0400 Source: debianutils Binary: debianutils Architecture: source i386 Version: 2.29 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: debianutils - Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian Closes: 485278 Changes: debianutils (2.29) unstable; urgency=low . * installkernel, installkernel.8: apply patch from Manoj Srivastava to update the installkernel script to be useful on modern installations. closes: #485278. Checksums-Sha1: 82c779cfdbe92e1847a9937a4ed832d619de7397 820 debianutils_2.29.dsc 8314a85b1d1897afb79ce1689444d5df343b1d4d 139191 debianutils_2.29.tar.gz 53702c04a0d5dcfdf9f6ab5d77d4d6cc357d5aaf 55348 debianutils_2.29_i386.deb Checksums-Sha256: bcd14e7ba8594ffe92298635cb6af213066f6d10c2729558b1911bf3c33c1e7e 820 debianutils_2.29.dsc 34968e4cfc32c768ee8b39c5b6008a750baad99d4a1c003383157ca42c481e10 139191 debianutils_2.29.tar.gz cd603f29fbe34b26cc4dc637bb6dda6f070eb6c88b3356a91ff7a3181bf955cf 55348 debianutils_2.29_i386.deb Files: be52edeaf4053a5e266cc9250d15f57e 820 utils required debianutils_2.29.dsc df08bd8c35c02647985cada86b2a85ed 139191 utils required debianutils_2.29.tar.gz 8de0057aa22f269fff155c00d1b894b9 55348 utils required debianutils_2.29_i386.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Debian! iD8DBQFITF3h5m0u66uWM3ARAs7xAKDK3qGgIqE8v5Y2mrm7gm5KIXFIgwCgksY3 OLQwRmxER6z9VHCf19abusE= =PF6G -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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