On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:06:06AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > >Hi Steve
Hey Gaudenz, >> Reasonably simple changes here, again heavily inspired by Ubuntu >> code. One extra issue I found - it looks like /sys and /proc need to >> be mounted in /target when we run the postinst, otherwise we'll fail >> to drive efibootmgr. I've added code to do that here, but I'm not sure >> it's the right way to do it - better suggestions welcome! > >From the debian-installer-utils README file: >in-target: Runs the specified command in /target and returns its exit >status. The debconf passthrough frontend is used to make debconf questions >be asked using cdebconf in the installer. This is especially useful for >running things like dpkg-reconfigure, debconf-apt-progress, and tasksel. >The log-output utility is used to log any output; if in-target is called >with the option --pass-stdout, log-output will respect it. > >The README does not say so explicitly but in-target takes care of all >the necessary setup to have a woking chroot in /target including >mounting of /sys and /proc. IMO it's the prefered way to run commands >chrooted to /target even if you don't need the full setup. ACK. Maybe grub-installer needs tweaking to do this in its postinst. Not my code to be able to say that - anyone else? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Getting a SCSI chain working is perfectly simple if you remember that there must be exactly three terminations: one on one end of the cable, one on the far end, and the goat, terminated over the SCSI chain with a silver-handled knife whilst burning *black* candles. --- Anthony DeBoer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120823164305.gb18...@einval.com
