[PATCH] base-files: sysupgrade: store status of system-services

Sven Roederer devel-sven at geroedel.de
Mon Jan 11 17:18:51 EST 2021


Am Montag, 11. Januar 2021, 03:59:51 CET schrieb Alberto Bursi:
> On 10/01/21 22:40, Sven Roederer wrote:
> > Am Sonntag, 10. Januar 2021, 09:47:27 CET schrieb Andre Heider:
> >>> Same. I would personally like this as default sysupgrade procedure, as
> >>> that's what makes most sense imho.
> >>> If I have disabled a service it makes sense that after a firmware
> >>> upgrade it remains disabled.
> >> 
> >> Seconded.
> >> 
> >> Use case: Two identical routers for which I build a single image
> >> including all the packages I required. One has a workround to disable
> >> dnsmasq in rc.local, because it's always enabled after a sysupgrade and
> >> acts as a additional interfering dhcp server (I can probably configure
> >> it otherwise, but I don't require that instance at all).
> > 
> > That's quite the situation we have here with our common images. Users
> > during initial setup getting some services disabled based on their
> > choices. As the services shall remain inside the image (reconfiguration)
> > the services-state should be kept.
> > 
> > Sven
> 
> I don't understand what you are saying here. Can you explain?
> 

Alberto,

it's just the story why the current behavior annoyed me. 
Same as you wrote: a common image for multiple routers which have all relevant 
services installed.during setup our wizard disables some services, which 
should remain in this state.

Sven





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