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

[Michael Stapelberg]

It doesn’t have to be a format string, this was just the least invasive way
that came to my mind. What do you suggest instead?

On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 1:42 AM, Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk> wrote:

> 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
>
>


-- 
Best regards,
Michael
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