Hi, thanks for taking care of this, but I think the fix you use is wrong: it just checks for Wheezy, instead of checking for sysvinit. Problem being that there are other sysvinit-based systems: Squeeze for the one part, which has LTS until February; but also Jessie and Sid if you include the package sysvinit-core at debootstrap time. Also, if you run vmdebootstrap on a derivative, they might also use sysvinit as the init system, so this change could hurt those.
Instead of checking the distribution, you should rather check whether
sysvinit is installed, i.e. if /etc/inttab exists in the system (I
already mentioned that in my original bug report.)
I've attached a patch that updates the check to be properly generic and
not Wheezy-specific.
I've tested it with Squeeze, Wheezy, Jessie and Sid; Jessie and Sid
both with systemd and sysvinit, and I with the patch attached to this
email applied I get the following (correct) behavior:
- Squeeze, Wheezy, Jessie+sysvinit-core, Sid+sysvinit-core:
/etc/inittab gets updated with a serial console, VM boots in Qemu
with sysvinit as init system, serial console shows up
- Jessie, Sid (defaults, i.e. systemd):
/etc/inittab doesn't exist and isn't created by vmdeboostrap, VM
boots in Qemu with systemd as init system, serial console shows up
Without my patch, Squeeze, Jessie+sysvinit-core and Sid+sysvinit-core
don't get a serial console anymore (they did before you applied the
patch that was to take care of the bug I reported, i.e. in 1.1).
Regards,
Christian
Steps to reproduce:
vmdebootstrap --sparse --log=sid-sysvinit.log --package=sysvinit-core \
--verbose --serial-console --distribution=sid \
--size=10000000000 --grub --image=sid-sysvinit.img
vmdebootstrap --sparse --log=sid-systemd.log \
--verbose --serial-console --distribution=sid \
--size=10000000000 --grub --image=sid-systemd.img
vmdebootstrap --sparse --log=jessie-sysvinit.log --package=sysvinit-core \
--verbose --serial-console --distribution=jessie \
--size=10000000000 --grub --image=jessie-sysvinit.img
vmdebootstrap --sparse --log=jessie-systemd.log \
--verbose --serial-console --distribution=jessie \
--size=10000000000 --grub --image=jessie-systemd.img
vmdebootstrap --sparse --log=wheezy.log \
--verbose --serial-console --distribution=wheezy \
--size=10000000000 --grub --image=wheezy.img
vmdebootstrap --sparse --log=squeeze.log \
--verbose --serial-console --distribution=squeeze \
--size=10000000000 --grub --image=squeeze.img
Run the images with:
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -drive file=$IMAGE.img,if=virtio \
-serial stdio
From ba83da61283502d732a60a70f94facba82f0bc68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Seiler <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 20:42:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add serial console for all sysvinit-based systems Don't just check for Wheezy (oldstable), but for all sysvinit-based systems (Squeeze, debootstrap --include=sysvinit-core in Jessie and beyond, etc.). --- bin/vmdebootstrap | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/vmdebootstrap b/bin/vmdebootstrap index 909c8eb..c87b02c 100755 --- a/bin/vmdebootstrap +++ b/bin/vmdebootstrap @@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ class VmDebootstrap(cliapp.Application): # pylint: disable=too-many-public-meth extlinux.install_extlinux(rootdev, rootdir) elif self.settings['extlinux']: extlinux.install_extlinux(rootdev, rootdir) - # only append for wheezy (which became oldstable on 2015.04.25) - if distro.was_oldstable(datetime.date(2015, 4, 26)): + # only append for systems with sysvinit (e.g. Wheezy) + if os.path.exists(os.path.join(rootdir, 'etc', 'inittab')): base.append_serial_console(rootdir) elif self.settings['serial-console']: - base.message("Skipping setting serial console- wheezy only.") + base.message("Skipping setting serial console- sysvinit systems only.") self.optimize_image(rootdir) def start_ops(self): -- 2.1.4
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