[Vmdebootstrap-devel] Bug#845526: [PATCH] Allow users to specify the boot directory path

[Ben Hutchings]

On Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:39:58 +0100 Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: vmdebootstrap
> Version: 1.7-1
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> Since dpkg-managed files cannot be placed on a FAT32 file system¹, it is
> beneficial for platforms such as the Raspberry Pi 3 to mount the FAT32
> boot partition of the image in /boot/firmware instead of /boot, and have
> maintainer scripts/hooks manage the files in /boot/firmware.
> 
> The attached patch adds the --bootdirfmt setting, which can be changed
> from its default value %s/boot/ to e.g. %s/boot/firmware/.
> 
> Please consider merging the attached patch. Thank you!

Why should the argument be a format string?  I can't see why it would
ever be other than "%s" followed by the boot mountpoint, in which case
the "%s" is a redundant bit for users to remember (or forget, screwing
up the image).

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein

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