[pkg-fso-maint] openmoko install.sh feedback

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

thanks for helping us here.

Am Mittwoch, den 20.08.2008, 09:36 +0300 schrieb Timo Juhani Lindfors:
> 1) Installer tries to use ping to determine if network is working. I
>    was unfortunate enough to try installation in a wlan network that
>    does not allow icmp traffic. How about just using a HTTP request
>    instead?

Makes sense. What would be a good wget command line for that? The
timeout should be not too high...

> 2) After installation I saw ssh-agent running, maybe this could be
>    disabled by default to save memory by removing "use-ssh-agent"
>    from /etc/X11/Xsession.options?

Good point, patch welcome.

We need openssh-client only for scp, but unfortunately dropbear does not
seem to provide an scp binary.

> 3) After installation /var/tmp is on tmpfs which causes it to be lost
>    on reboot. Doesn't this break FHS?
> 
> "The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that require
> temporary files or directories that are preserved between system
> reboots."
> 
> -- http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARTMPTEMPORARYFILESPRESERVEDBETWEE

I copied the /etc/fstab from FSO here, but you are right, a proper
Debian system should not have this line. I commited the change to git.

> 4) With debian unstable "apt-get update -o Acquire::PDiffs=false" is
>    often faster than "apt-get update" if the network connection is
>    fast. Would this make a good default? (It might not be good for
>    those who upgrade over gprs)

I think that should rather go to the wiki, as it diverges a bit too far
from a default Debian system, and often for mobile users the bandwidth
used is more critical. But thanks for the hint.

> 5) The installer uses the default value of ext2 reserved blocks
>    parameter. This means that when people use "df -h" to estimate
>    available disk space they will think they have much less space than
>    they really do. How about setting "tune2fs -m 0 /dev/mmcblk0p2"?

Why zero? The reserved blocks are useful, at least once we have other
users than root on the device. But we can probably discuss a better
value.

Greetings,
Joachim


PS: Timo, are you subscribed? In that case I’ll spare you the CC.
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