Bug#31449: Debian Bug report logs - #31449
Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE> writes:
[Adam wrote]
> > I already had my system installed on the disk (which was mounted as
> > /target), and it was running 2.0.35 rather than 2.0.36, thus
> > the messages. Of course another minor problem was that the error
> > messages weren't redirected to ttyp3.
> > But the major issue is that dbootstrap didn't detect that I was
> > trying to install on a system which wasn't in an appropriate
> > state. I know that one is not supposed to do that; still, it
> > should catch that condition.
> What do you expect?
I think, yes, some sanity checks in dbootstrap is going to make life
easier for users and fewer questions and bugs for us.
> Define the sanity checks you'll want to see.
Yes, that's the rub. Sanity checks generally break more often than
the stuff they are "protecting".
> The only thing that I could think of in this case would be dbootstrap
> checking if /target/lib/modules/`uname -r` exists and refuse to let
> you start modconf if it doesn't.
That's a good one.
> I could also think of some sanity checks that will prevent dbootstrap
> from extracting the base system if some random files already exist.
Yes. I think perhaps the moment this should be done is when existing
filesystems are mounted.
Some checks would be, for instance, /etc/debian_version, uh, likewise
a file for RedHat ? Anyhow, such checks should result in a warning,
allowing the user to go on if they want to.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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