[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] wic: When using --use-uuid make sure that we update the fstab with PARTUUID

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Fri Nov 3 12:51:50 UTC 2017


On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 09:15:05AM -0400, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 05:01:49PM -0400, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 01:46:16PM -0400, Tom Rini wrote:
> > > When we have been told to use the UUID we should also update the fstab
> > > to make use of PARTUUID instead of hard-coding the device in question.
> > > This will make the resulting image much more portable.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
> > > ---
> > >  scripts/lib/wic/plugins/imager/direct.py | 9 ++++++---
> > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Where we did we end up with this?  Ed pointed out that you can tell wic
> > to use a specific UUID, so reproducible images are not a problem.  And
> > making images that are readily portable is why other distros use
> > UUID/LABEL and not device names as much as possible.  I personally enjoy
> > being able to put an image on uSD for minnow and have it work :)
> > Thanks!
> 
> ping?

I was just reminded about the real problems this solves (swap isn't
/dev/sda3, boot is being excessively slow), so, ping?

-- 
Tom
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