[systemd-devel] Running packagekitd on shutdown

[Harald Hoyer]

On 24.08.2011 10:08, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> On 08/24/2011 01:55 AM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
>> So, we want to make clear that any kind of solution that does not use a
>> proper recovery partition is merely a stop gap in our eyes.
> 
> Agreed the way forward is recovery partition which get's created at install time
> and should be an opt out option in the installer ( or opt in )
> however recovery partition is not enough.
> 
> For upgrades/updates we should be looking at solaris and it's boot environment
> and live upgrades[1],[2].(  I would not be surprised if Apple did just that )
> 
> For desktop applications we need something like [3] along with Time machine +
> btrfs support as  and I personally would say drop the hack Lennart suggested to
> meet your needs and go straight for the recovery/upgrades/updates
> partition/snapshot implementation in systemd, tools and desktop applications.
> ( Go get it right from the start instead of implementing something that kinda
> works but actually does not )
> 
> Just my 2 cents.
> 
> JBG
> 
> 1.http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Troubleshooting_Guide#Solaris_Live_Upgrade_Migration_Scenarios
> 
> 2.http://www.filibeto.org/sun/lib/solaris10-docs/E19253-01/821-1910/6nms46fkb/index.html
> 
> 3.http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433 ( Looks like just some livecd/usb creation
> app Gnome needs a well integrated livecd/usb creation app other DE probably too  )
> 


Hmm, with the initramfs moving in the direction of being able to mount /usr, we
could extend it to mount the rest as well. We can see the initramfs as _the_
rescue environment, which could do the upgrade as well, without the need of
doing a reboot afterwards.