Bug#803115: flash-kernel: please provide an option to disable creation of backup files

[Ian Campbell]

On Mon, 2015-10-26 at 21:37 -0400, Eric Cooper wrote:
> I'd like an option (configurable in /etc/default/flash-kernel ideally)
> to prevent flash-kernel from creating .bak files for uImage, uInitrd,
> and dtb, in order to same space on my system.  I'm willing to live
> dangerously and keep a serial and JTAG cable handy :-)

This looks like it should be a reasonably simple change to
backup_and_install() (and README and the template /e/d/f-k file).
Patches would be welcomed.
Thanks,
Ian.

Bug#791794: UUID not found for root

[Ian Campbell]

On Fri, 2015-07-31 at 08:28 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> Unless someone has an alternative suggestion I think I'll make the
> flash-kernel initramfs-hook gate its waiting for Ctrl-C on failure
> behaviour on either DEBIAN_FRONTEND or DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND being non
> -empty. Today the DEBIAN_FRONTEND check is explicitly for
> "noninteractive" which omits at least "passthrough" as another
> problematic case. It seems to me that few of the other possible options
> would benefit from being made to wait here (graphical ones surely not,
> likewise newt, maybe text would be ok, but lets not bother special
> casing it).

I've just pushed this change to flash-kenrel.git, so it will be in the
next upload.

commit 6cfc6f13261e2fe02fd1a54a02ca37ee132166b4
Author: Ian Campbell 
Date:   Fri Jul 31 08:24:03 2015 +0100

Avoid waiting for Ctrl-C if any debconf frontend is in use

not just non-interactive.

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7c2835a..bf87bd2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ flash-kernel (3.48) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Update wandboard and cubox-i boot scripts to improve distro_bootcmd
 support.
 
+  [ Ian Campbell ]
+  * Avoid waiting for Ctrl-C if any debconf frontend is in use, not just
+non-interactive. (Closes: #791794)
+
  -- Vagrant Cascadian   Wed, 04 Nov 2015 13:33:08 -0800
 
 flash-kernel (3.47) unstable; urgency=medium
diff --git a/initramfs-tools/hooks/flash_kernel_set_root 
b/initramfs-tools/hooks/flash_kernel_set_root
index 201b7bd..af948c3 100755
--- a/initramfs-tools/hooks/flash_kernel_set_root
+++ b/initramfs-tools/hooks/flash_kernel_set_root
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pause_error() {
    # If debconf appears to be running then it is important that
    # we do not block on stdin since this would hang the
    # installer.
-   if [ "$DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND" ] || [ "$DEBIAN_FRONTEND" = 
"noninteractive" ]; then
+   if [ "$DEBIAN_HAS_FRONTEND" ] || [ "$DEBIAN_FRONTEND" ]; then
    echo "Unable to abort; system will probably be broken!" >&2
    else
    echo "Press Ctrl-C to abort build, or Enter to continue" >&2