I guess the only sane usecase is to create the ramfs from the instal medium. Currently, this functionality would let you generate a ramfs without installing mkinitcpio on the target machine. In the same way that you don't have to instal pacman. I don't know how useful this is... On May 3, 2012 8:22 PM, "Dave Reisner" <dreisner@archlinux.org> wrote:

This option is just a bad idea. Initramfs creation is too important to get wrong, and running it from outside the root FS has too many gotchas, the worst of them being:

- where do you pull hooks from? - how do you resolve binary dependencies within the root?

In general, dealing with the extra luggage of the base directory makes the codebase more complicated than it needs to be (see all the '_' prefixed functions which are called from add functions). In favor of simplifying the code, and making it more maintainable, kill this off and force the sane option of chroot'ing into an install if the need arises.

Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org> --- I suspect that no one will miss this option. I certainly won't. However, please speak up if you really do think you'll miss this option, and make your case for keeping it around.

If no one objects, I'll be removing this with next proper release.

functions | 48 ++++++++++++++---------------------------------- install/autodetect | 4 ++-- install/consolefont | 6 +++--- install/fsck | 4 ++-- install/keymap | 2 +- mkinitcpio | 41 +++++++++++++---------------------------- mkinitcpio.8.txt | 4 ---- 7 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)

diff --git a/functions b/functions index 0fec85b..2576180 100644 --- a/functions +++ b/functions @@ -192,26 +192,6 @@ in_array() { return 1 # Not Found }

-pathlookup() { - # a basedir aware 'type -P' (or which) for executables - # $1: binary to find - - local path= - local -a paths= - - IFS=: read -r -a paths <<< "$PATH" - - for path in "${paths[@]}"; do - [[ ${path:0:1} = [.~] ]] && continue - if [[ -x $BASEDIR$path/$1 ]]; then - printf '%s' "$BASEDIR$path/$1" - return 0 - fi - done - - return 1 -} - _add_file() { # add a file to $BUILDROOT # $1: pathname on initcpio @@ -266,7 +246,7 @@ auto_modules() { IFS=$'\n' read -rd '' -a mods < \ <(find /sys/devices -name modalias -exec sort -u {} + | # delimit each input by a newline, expanded in place - xargs -d $'\n' modprobe -qd "$BASEDIR" -aRS "$KERNELVERSION" | + xargs -d $'\n' modprobe -qaRS "$KERNELVERSION" | sort -u)

printf "%s\n" "${mods[@]//-/_}" @@ -333,12 +313,12 @@ add_module() { done ;; firmware) - if [[ -e "$BASEDIR/usr/lib/firmware/$value" ]]; then - _add_file "/usr/lib/firmware/$value" "$BASEDIR/usr/lib/firmware/$value" 644 + if [[ -e /usr/lib/firmware/$value ]]; then + _add_file "/usr/lib/firmware/$value" "/usr/lib/firmware/$value" 644 fi ;; esac - done < <(modinfo -b "$BASEDIR" -k "$KERNELVERSION" -0 "$module" 2>/dev/null) + done < <(modinfo -k "$KERNELVERSION" -0 "$module" 2>/dev/null)

if [[ -z $path ]]; then (( ign_errors )) && return 0 @@ -410,7 +390,7 @@ add_file() { # determine source and destination local src= dest=${2:-$1} mode=

- src=$BASEDIR$1 + src=$1

[[ -f "$src" ]] || { error "file not found: \`%s'" "$src"; return 1; }

@@ -420,7 +400,7 @@ add_file() { return 1 fi

- _add_file "${dest#$BASEDIR}" "$src" "$mode" + _add_file "$dest" "$src" "$mode" }

add_binary() { @@ -433,9 +413,9 @@ add_binary() { local line= regex= binary= dest= mode= sodep= resolved= dirname=

if [[ ${1:0:1} != '/' ]]; then - binary=$(pathlookup "$1") + binary=$(type -P "$1") else - binary=$BASEDIR$1 + binary=$1 fi

[[ -f "$binary" ]] || { error "file not found: \`%s'" "$1"; return 1; } @@ -444,7 +424,7 @@ add_binary() { mode=$(stat -c %a "$binary")

# always add the binary itself - _add_file "${dest#$BASEDIR}" "$binary" "$mode" + _add_file "$dest" "$binary" "$mode"

lddout=$(ldd "$binary" 2>/dev/null) || return 0 # not a binary!

@@ -455,13 +435,13 @@ add_binary() {

if [[ -f $sodep && ! -e $BUILDROOT$sodep ]]; then if [[ ! -L $sodep ]]; then - _add_file "$sodep" "$BASEDIR$sodep" "$(stat -c %a "$sodep")" + _add_file "$sodep" "$sodep" "$(stat -c %a "$sodep")" else - resolved=$(readlink -e "$BASEDIR$sodep") + resolved=$(readlink -e "$sodep") dirname=${resolved%/*} - _add_dir "${dirname#$BASEDIR}" 755 - _add_symlink "$sodep" "${resolved#$BASEDIR}" - _add_file "${resolved#$BASEDIR}" "$resolved" 755 + _add_dir "$dirname" 755 + _add_symlink "$sodep" "$resolved" + _add_file "$resolved" "$resolved" 755 fi fi done <<< "$lddout" diff --git a/install/autodetect b/install/autodetect index 4ed7ccf..1daa429 100644 --- a/install/autodetect +++ b/install/autodetect @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ build() { auto_modules >"$MODULE_FILE"

# detect filesystem for root - if rootfstype=$(findmnt -uno fstype "${BASEDIR:-/}"); then + if rootfstype=$(findmnt -uno fstype '/'); then add_if_avail "$rootfstype" else error "failed to detect root filesystem" @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ build() { fi

# detect filesystem for separate /usr - if usrfstype=$(findmnt -snero fstype --tab-file "$BASEDIR/etc/fstab" /usr); then + if usrfstype=$(findmnt -snero fstype --tab-file '/etc/fstab' /usr); then add_if_avail "$usrfstype" fi

diff --git a/install/consolefont b/install/consolefont index 2d2d8ea..5be9344 100644 --- a/install/consolefont +++ b/install/consolefont @@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ build() { # subshell to avoid namespace pollution ( for cfg in etc/{rc,vconsole}.conf; do - [[ -s $BASEDIR/$cfg ]] && . "$BASEDIR/$cfg" + [[ -s $cfg ]] && . "$cfg" done

[[ $FONT ]] && CONSOLEFONT=$FONT

if [[ $CONSOLEFONT ]]; then - for file in "$BASEDIR/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/$CONSOLEFONT".psf?(u)?(.gz); do + for file in "/usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/$CONSOLEFONT".psf?(u)?(.gz); do if [[ -e $file ]]; then [[ $file =~ \.(psfu?)(\.gz)?$ ]] && ext=${BASH_REMATCH[1]} if [[ $file = *.gz ]]; then gzip -cd "$file" > "$BUILDROOT/consolefont.$ext" else - add_file "${file#$BASEDIR}" "/consolefont.$ext" + add_file "$file" "/consolefont.$ext" fi exit 0 fi diff --git a/install/fsck b/install/fsck index baf1c3d..e8b5ea3 100644 --- a/install/fsck +++ b/install/fsck @@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ build() { add_fsck $usrfstype && (( ++added )) fi else - for fsck in "$BASEDIR"/{usr/,}{s,}bin/fsck.*; do + for fsck in /{usr/,}{s,}bin/fsck.*; do [[ -f $fsck ]] || continue - add_binary "${fsck#$BASEDIR}" && (( ++added )) + add_binary "$fsck" && (( ++added )) done fi

diff --git a/install/keymap b/install/keymap index fe5e459..1cbf75e 100644 --- a/install/keymap +++ b/install/keymap @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build() { unset LANG

for cfg in etc/{rc,vconsole,locale}.conf; do - [[ -s $BASEDIR/$cfg ]] && . "$BASEDIR/$cfg" + [[ -s $cfg ]] && . "$cfg" done

[[ $LANG ]] && LOCALE=$LANG diff --git a/mkinitcpio b/mkinitcpio index 084dff7..f7fc571 100755 --- a/mkinitcpio +++ b/mkinitcpio @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ INSTDIR=(install /usr/lib/initcpio/install /lib/initcpio/install) PRESETDIR=mkinitcpio.d COMPRESSION=gzip

-declare BASEDIR= MODULE_FILE= GENIMG= PRESET= COMPRESSION_OPTIONS= BUILDROOT= +declare MODULE_FILE= GENIMG= PRESET= COMPRESSION_OPTIONS= BUILDROOT= declare NC= BOLD= BLUE= GREEN= RED= YELLOW= declare -i QUIET=1 SHOW_AUTOMODS=0 SAVELIST=0 COLOR=1 declare -a SKIPHOOKS ADDED_MODULES MODPATHS @@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ usage: ${0##*/} [options]

Options: -A, --add <hooks> Add specified hooks, comma separated, to image - -b, --basedir <dir> Use alternate base directory. (default: /) -c, --config <config> Use alternate config file. (default: /etc/mkinitcpio.conf) -g, --generate <path> Generate cpio image and write to specified path -H, --hookhelp <hookname> Display help for given hook and exit @@ -87,18 +86,18 @@ get_kernver() { return 0 fi

- if [[ ! -e $BASEDIR$kernel ]]; then - error "Specified kernel image does not exist: \`%s'" "$BASEDIR$kernel" + if [[ ! -e $kernel ]]; then + error "Specified kernel image does not exist: \`%s'" "$kernel" return 1 fi

- read _ kernver < <(file -Lb "$BASEDIR$kernel" | grep -o 'version [^ ]\+') - if [[ $kernver && -e $BASEDIR/lib/modules/$kernver ]]; then + read _ kernver < <(file -Lb "$kernel" | grep -o 'version [^ ]\+') + if [[ $kernver && -e /lib/modules/$kernver ]]; then echo "$kernver" return 0 fi

- [[ ${optkver:0:1} == / ]] && optkver=$BASEDIR$optkver + [[ ${optkver:0:1} == / ]] && optkver=$optkver error "invalid kernel specifier: \`%s'" "$optkver"

return 1 @@ -116,9 +115,9 @@ compute_hookset() { trap 'cleanup 130' INT trap 'cleanup 143' TERM

-OPT_SHORT='A:b:c:g:H:hk:mnLMp:S:st:vz:' -OPT_LONG=('add:' 'basedir:' 'config:' 'generate:' 'hookhelp:' 'help' 'kernel:' 'listhooks' - 'automods' 'nocolor' 'preset:' 'skiphooks:' 'save' 'builddir:' 'verbose' 'compress:') +OPT_SHORT='A:c:g:H:hk:mnLMp:S:st:vz:' +OPT_LONG=('add:' 'config:' 'generate:' 'hookhelp:' 'help' 'kernel:' 'listhooks' 'automods' + 'nocolor' 'preset:' 'skiphooks:' 'save' 'builddir:' 'verbose' 'compress:')

if ! parseopts "$OPT_SHORT" "${OPT_LONG[@]}" -- "$@"; then exit 1 @@ -141,9 +140,6 @@ while :; do optkver=$1 ;; -s|--save) SAVELIST=1 ;; - -b|--basedir) - shift - BASEDIR=$1 ;; -g|--generate) shift GENIMG=$1 ;; @@ -224,16 +220,6 @@ readonly NC BOLD BLUE GREEN RED YELLOW [[ -e /proc/self/mountinfo ]] || die "/proc must be mounted!" [[ -e /dev/fd ]] || die "/dev must be mounted!"

-if [[ $BASEDIR ]]; then - # resolve the path. it might be a relative path and/or contain symlinks - if ! pushd "$BASEDIR" &>/dev/null; then - die "base directory does not exist or is not a directory: \`%s'" "$BASEDIR" - fi - BASEDIR=$(pwd -P) - BASEDIR=${BASEDIR%/} - popd &>/dev/null -fi - KERNELVERSION=$(get_kernver "$optkver") || cleanup 1

if [[ $TMPDIR ]]; then @@ -261,7 +247,6 @@ if [[ $PRESET ]]; then if [[ -f "$PRESET" ]]; then # Use -b, -m and -v options specified earlier declare -a preset_mkopts preset_cmd - [[ $BASEDIR ]] && preset_mkopts+=(-b "$BASEDIR") (( QUIET )) || preset_mkopts+=(-v) # Build all images . "$PRESET" @@ -279,7 +264,7 @@ if [[ $PRESET ]]; then

preset_config=${p}_config if [[ ${!preset_config:-$ALL_config} ]]; then - preset_cmd+=(-c "$BASEDIR${!preset_config:-$ALL_config}") + preset_cmd+=(-c "${!preset_config:-$ALL_config}") else warning "No configuration file specified. Skipping image \`%s'" "$p" continue @@ -287,7 +272,7 @@ if [[ $PRESET ]]; then

preset_image=${p}_image if [[ ${!preset_image} ]]; then - preset_cmd+=(-g "$BASEDIR${!preset_image}") + preset_cmd+=(-g "${!preset_image}") else warning "No image file specified. Skipping image \`%s'" "$p" continue @@ -327,7 +312,7 @@ if (( ${#hooks[*]} == 0 )); then die "Invalid config: No hooks found" fi

-MODULEDIR=$BASEDIR/lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION/ +MODULEDIR=/lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION/ if [[ ! -d $MODULEDIR ]]; then die "'$MODULEDIR' is not a valid kernel module directory" fi @@ -416,7 +401,7 @@ if (( ${#ADDED_MODULES[*]} )); then

msg "Generating module dependencies" install -m644 -t "$BUILDROOT/usr/lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION" \ - "$BASEDIR/lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION"/modules.{builtin,order} + "/lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION"/modules.{builtin,order} depmod -b "$BUILDROOT" "$KERNELVERSION"

# remove all non-binary module.* files (except devname for on-demand module loading) diff --git a/mkinitcpio.8.txt b/mkinitcpio.8.txt index 4b0d770..14a349b 100644 --- a/mkinitcpio.8.txt +++ b/mkinitcpio.8.txt @@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ Options after all other hooks from the config file. Multiple hooks should be comma-separated. This option can be specified multiple times.

-*-b, \--basedir* 'basedir':: - Use 'basedir' as a starting point for gathering information about the - currently running system. Default: /. - *-c, \--config* 'config':: Use 'config' file to generate the ramdisk. Default: /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

-- 1.7.10.1