Hmm not sure exactly when the offline updates generator runs, but maybe the symlink could be made in /sysroot? Then depending on how early the generator runs, it might even still be on / if it's before the switchroot.
-- Ryan (ライアン) Yoko Shimomura, ryo (supercell/EGOIST), Hiroyuki Sawano >> everyone else https://refi64.com/ On Apr 25, 2019, 11:10 AM -0500, Richard Hughes <hughsi...@gmail.com>, wrote: > Hi all, > > I use the offline updates feature > https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.offline-updates.html > in fwupd to install some kinds of firmware. I've just found out this > doesn't work on Fedora SilverBlue as / is immutable and of course > creating the /system-update symlink fails. > > I'm using the offline update mode rather than updating "live" as I'm > updating the keyboard controller itself, which means the keyboard (and > power button!) is disabled and various things like ACPI battery > reporting also get upset for the 30 seconds of flashing. I'm stuck for > ideas. I suppose I could write a new boot entry (BLS?) that has a new > kernel command line argument set to go into system-update.target (and > patch src/system-update-generator/system-update-generator.c) although > I don't think BLS has the concept of a "oneshot" entry that would > delete after running it once. > > All ideas welcome, thanks. > > Richard > _______________________________________________ > systemd-devel mailing list > systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
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