On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 10:55:18AM +0000, Middelschulte, Leif wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 05.12.2017, 10:14 +0100 schrieb Ulrich Ölmann: > > On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 08:01:11AM +0000, Middelschulte, Leif wrote: > > > I was wondering about the intention of `mark-active [booted]`. Maybe I'm > > > misinterpreting the docs[0] though. > > > > > > So here is the paragraph in question: > > > "Last but not least, after switching to a different slot by mistake, this > > > can > > > be remedied by choosing booted as the argument which is, by the way, the > > > default if the optional argument has been omitted." > > > > > > To me this appears missleading, as it reads like: > > > "You (unintentionally) managed to boot the wrong slot and want to go > > > back? Use > > > `rauc status mark-active booted`!" > > > > > > But instead it will mark the currently (unintentionally booted) slot as > > > the > > > permanent primary [1], won't it? > > > > > > Maybe I'm just missing something here though. > > > > you are right, the documentation leaves enough room to interpret it like you > > did. What I intended to say was that one can utilize the shortcut "booted" > > to > > revoke an erroneous modification of the bootloader's state if one > > recognizes it > > early enough and the system has not yet been shut down already. Hence the > > docs > > should be updated to read > > > > "Last but not least, after switching to a different slot by mistake, > > before > > having rebooted this can be remedied by choosing booted as the argument > > which > > is, by the way, the default if the optional argument has been omitted." > > > > This should be precise enough to put away the ambiguity that you stumbled > > over. > > Do you agree? > Sounds good to me.
Created a corresponding pull request, see [1]. Best regards Ulrich [1] https://github.com/rauc/rauc/pull/194 -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ RAUC mailing list
