[arch-general] Updating iputils over NFS

[Paul Gideon Dann]

On Monday 01 Oct 2012 17:19:40 Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 01.10.2012 15:50, schrieb Paul Gideon Dann:
> > Makes sense.  I would certainly think twice for something as complex as a
> > full interactive desktop setup.  I hold by NFS for this cluster, though.
> If you don't run a desktop, then you may be fine.
> 
> > I really like your sync-on-boot solution.  I'd like to store this
> > information away for future use.  How did you implement it?  Something in
> > an initrd hook?
> sysupgrade install hook (run without autodetect):
> 
> [...]
> 
> sysupgrade run hook:
> 
> [...]
> 
> my sync_include_file looks like this:
> 
> [...]
> 
> # Site-specific config files
> [...]
> 
> Note that this syncs the whole content of /var/lib/{pacman,texmf}, but
> otherwise only recreates the directory structure of /var and does not
> sync any files.
> 
> Also note that you must load the kernel and initramfs from the network
> when running sysupgrade, so you can boot directly into the updated
> system when finished without a further reboot.

Thanks.  I'm not sure what sysupgrade you're referring to?  Sysupgrade seems 
to be a BSD thing.  It seems like this stuff needs to happen in the initrd, 
but I'm a little confused that you haven't mentioned it.  What is it that runs 
these hooks?

Cheers,
Paul