Your message dated Mon, 30 Nov 2015 06:18:47 +0000
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and subject line Bug#736503: fixed in flash-kernel 3.52
has caused the Debian Bug report #736503,
regarding flash-kernel: Backup mtdblocks after every flash-kernel execution
to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: flash-kernel
Version: 3.13
Severity: wishlist
Dear Mantainer,
After solving a boot problem I had, I've considered very useful to have an
up-to-date backup of mtdblock partitions, that could be used to restore the SPI
NOR Flash in case of disaster. I think this would be useful to pretty much
everyone, not just me.
To achieve this, and not wanting to fiddle with flash-kernel source at this
point, I've created the following script (pardon my poor scripting skills) and
linked to it on /etc/initramfs/post-update.d/, but I think it should be
integrated in flash-kernel.
I understand the impact in terms of flash-kernel execution time, but, IMO, is
well worth it.
Could you please consider including this functionality in flash-kernel?
Thank you!
Ruben
---------- Begin of Script ----------
#!/bin/sh
BACKUP_KEEP_AT_MOST=5
BACKUP_DIRECTORY=/var/backups
BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY=flash-kernel
backup_mtdblocks() {
[ ! -d "$BACKUP_DIRECTORY" ] && return 0
local PARTITION_COUNT=$('ls' -1 /dev/mtdblock* | 'wc' -l)
if [ "$PARTITION_COUNT" != "0" ]; then
local TIME=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
rm -fr $BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY/$TIME > /dev/null
2>&1
mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY/$TIME >
/dev/null 2>&1
echo "Backing up $PARTITION_COUNT /dev/mtdblock* partition(s)
to $BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY/$TIME..."
echo "Generated at $TIME. Contents are as follows:" >
$BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY/$TIME/description
for PARTITION in $('ls' -dtr1 /dev/mtdblock*); do
local FILE=$('basename' $PARTITION)
echo -n "$FILE... "
cat $PARTITION >
$BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY/$TIME/$FILE
echo "Ok!"
echo -n "$FILE: " >>
$BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY/$TIME/description
'file' -b
$BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY/$TIME/$FILE >>
$BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY/$TIME/description
done
fi
echo -n "Keeping only last $BACKUP_KEEP_AT_MOST backups... "
'ls' -dtr1 $BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY/*/ | 'head' -n
-$BACKUP_KEEP_AT_MOST | 'xargs' rm -fr
echo "Ok! Current backups are:"
'ls' -dtr1 $BACKUP_DIRECTORY/$BACKUP_SUBDIRECTORY/*/ | sort
echo "Done!"
return 0
}
backup_mtdblocks
exit $?
---------- End of Script ----------
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: armel (armv5tel)
Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-kirkwood
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages flash-kernel depends on:
ii devio 1.2-1+b1
ii initramfs-tools 0.115
ii linux-base 3.5
flash-kernel recommends no packages.
Versions of packages flash-kernel suggests:
ii u-boot-tools 2013.10-3
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: flash-kernel
Source-Version: 3.52
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
flash-kernel, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
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 736...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Christian Perrier <bubu...@debian.org> (supplier of updated flash-kernel
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 ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org)
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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 06:57:43 +0100
Source: flash-kernel
Binary: flash-kernel flash-kernel-installer
Architecture: source armel
Version: 3.52
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Christian Perrier <bubu...@debian.org>
Description:
flash-kernel - utility to make certain embedded devices bootable
flash-kernel-installer - Make the system bootable (udeb)
Closes: 736503 794265 803115 804359 806171
Changes:
flash-kernel (3.52) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Eric Cooper ]
* Correctly test endianess on NSLU2 (Closes: #804359)
* Add option to avoid creation of .bak files (Closes: #803115)
.
[ Ian Campbell ]
* Succeed but do nothing when run on an unknown machine which was booted via
EFI. Based on a patch from Newell Jensen. (Closes: #806171)
* Use /dev/mtdN when flashing, rather than needlessly going through the
mtdblock layer (which is problematic on some platforms/kernels).
(Closes: #794265)
* Keep a backup copy of any files written to either a filesystem mounted via
Boot-Device or directly to a flash device under /var/backups/flash-kernel.
This makes files which are not normally visible via the regular filesystem
available e.g. for convenient backing up (Closes: #736503)
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