Debian Bug report logs - #258136
Allow "reboot" action to halt instead

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Allow "reboot" action to halt instead

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 13:44:24 -0700

Package: di-utils-reboot
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

I find it convenient sometimes (especially when using UML) to have d-i halt
the system as its final step, rather than rebooting it.  Rebooting in UML
re-execs the kernel with exactly the same command line, which causes the
installer to be started, rather than booting from the installed system.
I could also see this being useful for embedded systems, where it is
sometimes common to perform the first stage of installation and then stop,
shipping an image which will be configured by the end user after flashing it
into a device such as a PDA.

Anyway, here's a patch:

http://www.no-name-yet.com/patches/debian-installer-utils.reboot-halt.diff

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Message #10 received at 258136@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Adam Thornton <athornton@sinenomine.net>

To: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>, 258136@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#258136: Allow "reboot" action to halt instead

Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 15:58:11 -0500

On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 15:44, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Package: di-utils-reboot
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> I find it convenient sometimes (especially when using UML) to have d-i halt
> the system as its final step, rather than rebooting it.

This will also be very useful for S/390, for the same reasons: rebooting
with the same command line is going to reipl from tape or card deck
rather than from the just-installed-to DASD.

Adam

Message #15 received at 258136@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

To: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>, 258136@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#258136: Allow "reboot" action to halt instead

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 17:32:44 -0400

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Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Anyway, here's a patch:
> 
> http://www.no-name-yet.com/patches/debian-installer-utils.reboot-halt.diff

So the idea is to set di-utils-reboot/halt at the boot line or similar,
and never really ask the question?

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Message #20 received at 258136@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

To: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

Cc: 258136@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#258136: Allow "reboot" action to halt instead

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:46:01 -0700

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 05:32:44PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:

> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > Anyway, here's a patch:
> > 
> > http://www.no-name-yet.com/patches/debian-installer-utils.reboot-halt.diff
> 
> So the idea is to set di-utils-reboot/halt at the boot line or similar,
> and never really ask the question?

Yes; perhaps there is a better way to do that, but this seemed to make sense
to me.  This way, it can trivially be set as a boot parameter, and also via
debconf.  It's a lot like kbd-chooser's debian-installer/serial-console, so
I assumed this was a reasonable implementation.  Is it OK?

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 - mdz

Message #25 received at 258136@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

To: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

Cc: 258136@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#258136: Allow "reboot" action to halt instead

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 02:24:56 -0400

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Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Yes; perhaps there is a better way to do that, but this seemed to make sense
> to me.  This way, it can trivially be set as a boot parameter, and also via
> debconf.  It's a lot like kbd-chooser's debian-installer/serial-console, so
> I assumed this was a reasonable implementation.  Is it OK?

Reasonable, but we'll also have to document it..

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Message #30 received at 258136@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>

To: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>, 258136@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#258136: Allow "reboot" action to halt instead

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 09:34:49 +0200

Quoting Matt Zimmerman (mdz@debian.org):
> Package: di-utils-reboot
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> I find it convenient sometimes (especially when using UML) to have d-i halt
> the system as its final step, rather than rebooting it.  Rebooting in UML
> re-execs the kernel with exactly the same command line, which causes the
> installer to be started, rather than booting from the installed system.
> I could also see this being useful for embedded systems, where it is
> sometimes common to perform the first stage of installation and then stop,
> shipping an image which will be configured by the end user after flashing it
> into a device such as a PDA.
> 
> Anyway, here's a patch:
> 
> http://www.no-name-yet.com/patches/debian-installer-utils.reboot-halt.diff

Why not really use the proposed template, at low (or medium?) priority?

This requires having it translated (and thus will lower our wonderful
statistics...:-))) but it may be wroth it and, anyway, if it is not
translated for some languages, this is far from being important as
this is a low priority template

Message #35 received at 258136@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>

To: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>, 258136@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#258136: Allow "reboot" action to halt instead

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:23:47 +0200

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On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:44:24PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> I find it convenient sometimes (especially when using UML) to have d-i halt
> the system as its final step, rather than rebooting it.  Rebooting in UML
> re-execs the kernel with exactly the same command line, which causes the
> installer to be started, rather than booting from the installed system.
> I could also see this being useful for embedded systems, where it is
> sometimes common to perform the first stage of installation and then stop,
> shipping an image which will be configured by the end user after flashing it
> into a device such as a PDA.

It is partialy implemented in the trunk. You need updated cdebconf,
main-menu, rootskel and debian-installer-utils. It is not yet
implemented in prebaseconfig. Also it does not work yet with bterm
because it does not return proper exit codes.

To use it, set debian-installer/exit/halt=true on the command line

Bastian

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Message #40 received at 258136@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org>

To: Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>

Cc: 258136@bugs.debian.org, Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#258136: Allow "reboot" action to halt instead

Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 11:42:40 -0300

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|| On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 09:34:49 +0200
|| Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> wrote: 

cp> Quoting Matt Zimmerman (mdz@debian.org):
>> Package: di-utils-reboot
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Tags: patch
>> 
>> I find it convenient sometimes (especially when using UML) to have d-i halt
>> the system as its final step, rather than rebooting it.  Rebooting in UML
>> re-execs the kernel with exactly the same command line, which causes the
>> installer to be started, rather than booting from the installed system.
>> I could also see this being useful for embedded systems, where it is
>> sometimes common to perform the first stage of installation and then stop,
>> shipping an image which will be configured by the end user after flashing it
>> into a device such as a PDA.
>> 
>> Anyway, here's a patch:
>> 
>> http://www.no-name-yet.com/patches/debian-installer-utils.reboot-halt.diff

cp> Why not really use the proposed template, at low (or medium?) priority?

cp> This requires having it translated (and thus will lower our wonderful
cp> statistics...:-))) but it may be wroth it and, anyway, if it is not
cp> translated for some languages, this is far from being important as
cp> this is a low priority template

To me, looks more sane include the proposed template. More easy for
all users change.

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Message #45 received at 258136-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

To: 258136-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: closing

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:05:48 -0400

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AFAIK Bastian implemented this for s390 in a different way, so I'm
closing the report. Let me know if you need anything else.

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