Bug#791794: Detecting a d-i context from within /target? (was: Bug#791794: UUID not found for root)
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 04:50:35PM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>Hi,
>
>If adding support for a variable looks like a good idea, how should we
>name it?
>
>Using sources.debian.net, looking for DEBIAN_INSTALLER returns 3 hits:
> - obs-build
> - live-build
> - libdebian-installer
>
>live-build actually uses longer variable names, so not an issue:
>| LB_DEBIAN_INSTALLER
>| LB_MIRROR_DEBIAN_INSTALLER
>| LB_PARENT_DEBIAN_INSTALLER
>| LB_PARENT_MIRROR_DEBIAN_INSTALLER
>
>obs-build uses the same variables.
>
>libdebian-installer uses DEBIAN_INSTALLER__* for define/#include guards,
>plus a LIBDEBIAN_INSTALLER_MAP_REAL #define.
>
>So DEBIAN_INSTALLER shouldn't be an issue. Maybe something more specific
>would make it easier to check for later…
We could use DEBIAN_INSTALLER_STEP or similar to pass on information
about what the state of the installer is, even. Or maybe that's more
detail than we need right now. :-)
DEBIAN_INSTALLER_RUNNING=y for a sensible default to check?
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