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flash-kernel package

add FLASH_KERNEL_SKIP=yes hook - flash-kernel breaks update-initramfs in chroot on archs that dont need flash-kernel.conf

Bug #623276 reported by Alexander Sack
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: flash-kernel

on omap:

debootstrap
mount proc
apt-get install flash-kernel
apt-get install linux-image-omap

dies because flash-kernel tries to flash the kernel when there is no flash-kernel.conf and there is no way to prevent this.

one idea would be to make flash-kernel exit 0 when FLASH_KERNEL_SKIP=yes is set in env.

Alexander Sack (asac)
tags: added: armel linaro
Changed in flash-kernel (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

quick patch for this

Alexander Sack (asac)
Changed in flash-kernel (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

don't touch the semantics of --supported ... do the SKIP check after that block.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package flash-kernel - 2.28ubuntu6

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flash-kernel (2.28ubuntu6) maverick; urgency=low

  * skip flash-kernel with exit 0 if FLASH_KERNEL_SKIP env is set; in turn
    make --supported fail with exit 1 if FLASH_KERNEL_SKIP is set (LP: #623276)
 -- Alexander Sack <email address hidden> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:58:10 +0200

Changed in flash-kernel (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Loïc Minier (lool) wrote :

To me it sounds like the wrong place to have this knob; it should be in the kernel packages. We could have a config file and tweak it, or we could indeed have an env var.

Would you consider another way: diverting flash-kernel with a noop script (or /bin/true) while installing kernels? That seems less ugly for flash-kernel to me.

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Tom Gall (tom-gall) wrote :

brass knobs aside, as currently implemented in flash-kernel it's an error when /proc isn't available for whatever reason. As Loïc Minier suggests I agree it seems like users of flash-kernel shouldn't be calling it if the system isn't ready.

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Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote :

if you dont have /proc mounted during package install in a chroot you will also have plenty of other problems :)

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Loïc Minier (lool) wrote :

See bug #623375

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: patch
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