Gene Cumm
2014-Apr-24 09:23 UTC
[syslinux] Bootloader data in /boot vs package systems (and atomic updates)
On Apr 24, 2014 3:19 AM, "Ferenc Wagner" <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:> > Colin Walters <walters at verbum.org> writes:> > However, syslinux relies on loadable modules in /boot. At present in > > Fedora at least, the RPM package updates these, and it has a %post to > > ensure that when a newer version of extlinux is installed, we update > > both the boot modules and the MBR.> I don't think vanilla extlinux (or generally, Syslinux) has anything to > do with this.syslinux.spec.in here: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git/tree/syslinux.spec.in --Gene
Ferenc Wagner
2014-Apr-24 11:47 UTC
[syslinux] Bootloader data in /boot vs package systems (and atomic updates)
Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> writes:> On Apr 24, 2014 3:19 AM, "Ferenc Wagner" <wferi at niif.hu> wrote: >> >> Colin Walters <walters at verbum.org> writes: >> >>> However, syslinux relies on loadable modules in /boot. At present in >>> Fedora at least, the RPM package updates these, and it has a %post to >>> ensure that when a newer version of extlinux is installed, we update >>> both the boot modules and the MBR. >> >> I don't think vanilla extlinux (or generally, Syslinux) has anything to >> do with this. > > syslinux.spec.in here: > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/syslinux/syslinux.git/tree/syslinux.spec.inAh, a file I've never cared about. I wonder if it's still usable with the firmware branch merged. Now I can see that even the (undocumented) 'make install' command copies modules into /boot/extlinux. Is this the spec file used by Fedora? I don't know their ways, but using any of these does not sound like a good idea from the system administrator's point of view. I'd rather avoid fiddling with the boot loader at package install time. -- Regards, Feri.
Colin Walters
2014-Apr-24 12:57 UTC
[syslinux] Bootloader data in /boot vs package systems (and atomic updates)
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:> > Ah, a file I've never cared about. I wonder if it's still usable with > the firmware branch merged. Now I can see that even the > (undocumented) > 'make install' command copies modules into /boot/extlinux. Is this > the > spec file used by Fedora?The current Fedora spec file appears to be forked from that file, yes.> I don't know their ways, but using any of > these does not sound like a good idea from the system administrator's > point of view. I'd rather avoid fiddling with the boot loader at > package install time.I agree.
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