On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:08:48 +1000 Brendan Simon <Brendan@BrendanSimon.com> wrote: > On 13/04/10 11:35 PM, Neil Williams wrote: > >> I am not familiar with Baked, but it sounds like it is worth > >> having :) > > Baked has existed as an idea for, oh about an hour now. (!) See my > > other email and the thread that followed. > > > Oh, so it's mature then ;-) > If it is so new, does that make it 'half-baked' ?? ... lol You'd be surprised - the code behind "Baking" the packages is actually stable - it's a minor tweak to the existing emgrip behaviour. I added about six lines to the emgrip script and that was it, done. (Had to add about 20 lines to document the change too, then I turned this thread into a prototype page for the Emdebian website.) What needs more work is the (already outlined) changes due in multistrap and then that's all I need to do. The rest is up to you! :-) > > Where is the previous version kept? On device? As long as there's > > enough room you can do that with Baked - it would be a question of > > how you put the Baked rootfs onto the device. > > > Yes, the previous version would be on the device. It needs to be in > case the update fails and an automatic fallback is required. Think of > remotely updating a router that is located in the middle of nowhere > (where maintenance personal visit infrequently). Best to setup a native chroot and test a few parts of it first. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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