Bug#964579: lsblk not included in busybox version used with installer
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On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 2:06 PM Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> wrote:
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> Control: tag -1 + moreinfo
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> On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 23:23:51 +0000 Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> wrote:
> > Package: busybox
> > Version: 1:1.30.1-4
> > Severity: wishlist
> > x-debbugs-cc: Russell Weber <rustyscottweber@gmail.com>
> > submitter: Russell Weber <rustyscottweber@gmail.com>
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 02:43:43PM -0600, Russell Weber wrote:
> > > Package: busybox
> > > Version: 1:1.30.1-4
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > > lsblk is a very useful tool for understanding your current disks and block
> > > devices. It can be used to
> > > query lots of information including disk manufacturer, serial number, modelb
> > > number, the structure of your disks if the disk is already in use for
> > > another block device. Given that the installer has mission critical goals
> > > associated with the disks, it's a bit of a mystery that lsblk isn't
> > > included into the busy box implementation used in the installer. This is
> > > especially important when seeding automatic/unattended installs for debian
> > > since many of the seed files used will query information from disks in
> > > scripts using the "d-i partman/early_command string" of debconf. Â I can see
> > > that this issue has been raised in multiple places online: stack overflow,
> > > IRC. Â However, scanning older tickets, I was not able to find a ticket
> > > which raises the issue. Â Is there any reason that lsblk as a command is not
> > > included? Â As far as I can tell, the bloat size would only be around 20-40
> > > KiB in size. Â May I suggest that we start including the lsblk binaries in
> > > the next versions of Debian?
>
> Hi Russel!
>
> Thank you for the detailed bug description.
>
> The only question remain is who will write lsblk for busybox, who
> writes the actual code to do all this? Â Can you help with that,
> to collect all the mentioned information in a useful for the user
> form?
>
> This applet is not written.
>
> Thanks,
>
> /mjt
>
Busybox utilities have their limitations. For instance, I had to create mount/umount UDEBs
because the d-i busybox equivalents would fail on Reiser4 SFRN4/SFRN5 file systems when
installing Debian.
< https://metztli.blog/media/blogs/calli/Bullseye-SFRN5/xonecuiltzin-5.13.19-reizer4-sfrn-5.1.3.mp4?mtime=1636642043 >
Accordingly, probably including an lsblk UDEB in d-i would likely be more adequate, i.e.,
the last two(2) UDEBs -- which already exist -- are required for lsblk in d-i:
lsblk-udeb_2.38-4.1_amd64.udeb
libudev1-udeb_250.4-1~bpo11+1_amd64.udeb
libsmartcols1-udeb_2.38-4.1_amd64.udeb
< https://metztli.it/bullseye/netboot-exp/d-i-lsblk.png >
netboot with lsblk UDEB included in d-i:
< https://metztli.it/bullseye/netboot-exp/metztli-reiser4.iso >
< https://metztli.it/bullseye/netboot-exp/metztli-reiser4.iso.SHA256SUM >
Best Professional Regards.
--
Jose R R
http://metztli.it
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