Hi Thomas, I've added marker files to the images and as far as I can tell nothing is missing from the end result, it's just not clear which unpacked image will win when the same file exists in multiple images using the ipxe script I have been using.
griznog On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 1:34 AM Thomas Mieslinger <mi...@mail.com> wrote: > Adding a /one to image one, a /two to image two etc would make it easier > to see whether all files are there.... > > Am 11.03.22 um 21:13 schrieb John Hanks: > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 1:55 PM John Hanks <griz...@gmail.com > > <mailto:griz...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > If I get the OS container first, then get the ssh overlay, then > > the files that are new from the overlay appear correctly, but > > files that should overwrite those in the container don't appear > > so the new keys aren't there. > > > > If I get the overlay img first, then the container, the files > > from the overlay all get written correctly and the ones in the > > container do not overwrite them. > > > > Basically it behaves as if the first extracted img to write a > > file wins for that file and all subsequent files with the same > > name are discarded. This is counter-intuitive as I would have > > expected the last writer to win if I had simply ran `cpio` to > > extract all the images to a single location. > > > > Ok, I'm taking all that back. I think the file overwrite or not > > overwrite behavior may be random or at least subject to some other > > effect I haven't figured out yet. Repeated reboots to get more samples > > shows that I can't really predict which img will win for a given file > > that is present in multiple images. I'll be playing around with this > > some more as it's really useful behavior, if it can be made to be > > predictable and repeatable. > > > > griznog > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ipxe-devel mailing list > > ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org > > https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo/ipxe-devel > _______________________________________________ > ipxe-devel mailing list > ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org > https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo/ipxe-devel >
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