[kernel] r6946 - in dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz: debian

[Sven Luther]

Author: luther
Date: Tue Jul  4 23:02:01 2006
New Revision: 6946

Modified:
   dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/debian/changelog
   dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz
   dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/output

Log:
Added support for mkvmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz symlink to the latest installed kernel.


Modified: dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/debian/changelog
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/debian/changelog	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/debian/changelog	Tue Jul  4 23:02:01 2006
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-mkvmlinuz (23) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+mkvmlinuz (23) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Fallback arch/powerpc/boot object files for chrp kernels without mkvmlinuz
     support. This uses the 2.6.16+ code, but should work with any 2.6 kernel.
+  * Now supports the creation of a /boot/vmlinuz symlink to the last created
+    vmlinuz kernel.
 
- -- Sven Luther <luther at debian.org>  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:38:07 +0200
+ -- Sven Luther <luther at debian.org>  Tue,  4 Jul 2006 22:04:50 +0200
 
 mkvmlinuz (22) unstable; urgency=high
 

Modified: dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz	Tue Jul  4 23:02:01 2006
@@ -384,14 +384,34 @@
 	echo Sorry, I do not know how to handle PowerPC sub-architecture $arch in version $release.
 esac
 
-# move bootable kernel image to its final location
+# move bootable kernel image to its final location and creating symlinks.
 if test -e $vmlinuz; then
+    if test -n "$linkname"; then
+    	oldlink="`readlink $linkname`"
+    fi
     test -z "$verbose" || echo === Moving bootable kernel image file to $output...
     if test -e $output; then
 	echo Output file $output exists, attempting to back it up...
 	mv $output $output.old 2> /dev/null
+	if test -n "$linkname" && test "$oldlink" = "`basename $output`"; then
+	    oldlink=$output.old
+	fi
     fi
     cat $vmlinuz > $output
+    if test -n "$linkname"; then
+	test -z "$verbose" || echo Creating symlink : $linkname -\> $output
+	if test -L "$linkname"; then
+	    unlink $linkname
+	fi
+	ln -sf "`basename $output`" $linkname
+    	if test -n "$oldlink"; then
+	    test -z "$verbose" || echo Creating backup symlink : $linkname.old -\> $oldlink
+	    if test -L "$linkname.old"; then
+	    	unlink $linkname.old
+	    fi
+	    ln -sf $oldlink $linkname.old
+        fi
+    fi
 fi
 
 # clean up

Modified: dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/output
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/output	(original)
+++ dists/trunk/utils/mkvmlinuz/mkvmlinuz/output	Tue Jul  4 23:02:01 2006
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@
 #else
 #output=/boot/vmlinuz-initrd-$release.$arch
 #fi
+
+# Let's define also the name of the symlink here.
+# An empty $linkname means no symlink created.
+linkname=/boot/vmlinuz