Re: [rfc] replacing /boot/kernel.old with a unique directory name

From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:30:18 -0700
On Aug 13, 2011, at 1:15 PM, Alexander Best <arundel_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Sat Aug 13 11, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>> On Aug 13, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Alexander Best <arundel_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> hi there,
>>> 
>>> i just had the following idea: how about instead of copying the current kernel
>>> to /boot/kernel.old and then installing the new one under /boot/kernel as the
>>> results of target installkernel, we create a unique directory name for the old
>>> kernel?
>>> 
>>> something like /boot/kernel-r${revision}-${/dev/random}?
>>> 
>>> that would let people not only boot the previous kernel, but all kernels that
>>> have been replaced by target installkernel. this would make tracking issues,
>>> which have been introduced by a certain commit much easier, imho.
>>> 
>>> i don't think implementing this logic would be that difficult. the only problem
>>> i see is with ${/dev/random} in the case where people are running a kernel
>>> without /dev/{u}random support.
>> 
>> Why not just use INSTKERNNAME?
> 
> hmm...won't setting INSTKERNNAME set the path to where the new kernel will be
> installed and not where the current kernel will be backup'ed?

It moves the old kernel to $INSTKERNNAME.old . That's usually good enough when working with svn and multiple KERNCONFs.
-Garrett
Received on Sat Aug 13 2011 - 18:30:36 UTC

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