Re: [ptxdist] [ANNOUNCE] PTXdist 2011.10.0 released

[Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>]

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 02:28:16PM +0100, Alexander Dahl wrote:
> Am 05.10.2011 09:55, schrieb Michael Olbrich:
> > I've just released PTXdist 2011.10.0. No big changes. A few new packages,
> > version bumps and bug fixes. I've also added a setup variable for
> > kernel.org. You can use it to redirect any download from kernel.org on off
> > its mirrors.
> 
> >       host-figlet: new package
> >       rootfs: add /etc/issue
> >       initmethod-bbinit: remove banner
> 
> While migrating from ptxdist 2011.09.0 I ran into this. I liked the
> previous solution with the hostname printed on boot. The new solution is
> static and build on the build host. This removes the need for figlet on
> the target and is probably more portable between different init methods,

It was also broken on many systems. Sometimes when the getty started, the
last few lines of the init output (= the last lines of the banner) got
lost.

> but let's say I wanted the old behaviour back, I would have to implement
> it by myself now, wouldn't I?

Yes, but thats rather easy. Just copy the old init script to your bsp and
install it. You could also create a new init script that creates
/etc/issue, or better create it on a tmpfs and install /etc/issue as a link
to this.

Michael

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