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Franck Bui
887b2529eb man: always install bootctl
Since dedb925eaf /usr/bin/bootctl is always built
so does its man page.
2024-01-31 10:32:46 +00:00
Antonio Alvarez Feijoo
597a3cfd52
man/bootctl: typo in --print-boot-path description 2024-01-23 10:33:26 +01:00
David Tardon
eea10b26f7 man: use same version in public and system ident. 2023-12-25 15:51:47 +01:00
David Tardon
13a69c120b man: use <simplelist> for 'See also' sections
This is just a slight markup improvement; there should be no difference
in rendering.
2023-12-23 08:28:57 +01:00
Antonio Alvarez Feijoo
1bc116a14a man/bootctl: fix --dry-run entry
Fixes 8702496bfb
2023-11-06 16:35:31 +00:00
Emil Velikov
6efdd7fec5 sd-boot: add way to disable the 100ms delay when timeout=0
Currently we have a 100ms delay which allows for people to enter/show
the boot menu even when timeout is set to zero.

In a handful of cases, that may not be needed - both in terms of access
policy, as well as latency.

For example: the option to provide the boot menu may be hidden behind an
"expert only" UX in the OS, to avoid end users from accidentally
entering it.

In addition, the current 100ms input polling may cause unexpected
additional delays in the boot. Some example numbers from my SteamDeck:

 - boot counting/rename/flush doubles 300us -> 600us
 - seed/hash setup doubles 900us -> 1800us
 - kernel/image load gets ~40% slower 107ms -> 167ms

It's not entirely clear why the UEFI calls gets slower, nevertheless the
information in itself proves useful.

This commit introduces a new option "menu-disabled", which omits the
100ms delay. The option is documented throughout the manual pages as
well as the Boot Loader Specification.

v2:
 - use STR_IN_SET

v3:
 - drop erroneous whitespace

v4:
 - add a new LoaderFeature bit,
 - don't change ABI keep TIMEOUT_* tokens the same
 - move new token in the 64bit range, update API and storage for it
 - change inc/dec behaviour to TIMEOUT_MIN : TIMEOUT_MENU_FORCE
 - user cannot opt-in from sd-boot itself, add assert_not_reached()

v5:
 - s/Menu disablement control/Menu can be disabled/
 - rewrap comments to 109
 - use SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EOPNOTSUPP)

Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>
2023-10-17 15:09:53 +01:00
Abderrahim Kitouni
aefdc1124f man: update version information
As I noticed a lot of missing information when trying to implement checking
for missing info. I reimplemented the version information script to be more
robust, and here is the result.

Follow up to ec07c3c80b
2023-09-19 00:37:37 +01:00
Abderrahim Kitouni
ec07c3c80b man: add version info
This tries to add information about when each option was added. It goes
back to version 183.

The version info is included from a separate file to allow generating it,
which would allow more control on the formatting of the final output.
2023-08-29 14:07:24 +01:00
Lennart Poettering
0de0ed6e89 bootctl: don't advertise systemd-efi-options in --help/man anymore
The command is deprecated, as per NEWS of 254. Let's go one step further
and remove it from the help text and man page, so that people are not
inspired to use it at this time anymore.

This is how we usually have done this before: remove it from visibility,
but support it for a while still.
2023-08-09 14:25:46 +02:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
7e90814f0a Deprecate efivar SystemdOptions
As mentioned in the NEWS entry, it seems to see very little use, but adds
complexity in our code. It was added mainly with the goal of making it easier
for people using grub2 to modify their boot configuration, but grub2 is gaining
support for BLS snippets. On the systemd side, we now have credentials. So
let's deprecate this, and if there's no outcry, remove it in a few releases.
2023-07-18 17:30:06 +02:00
Lennart Poettering
2d0855154f bootctl: fix docs/--help to say that "bootctl random-seed" not just initializes but also refreshes ESP random seeds 2023-06-14 11:58:37 +01:00
Yu Watanabe
4cff5e92a9 kernel-install: add --esp-path= and --boot-path= options
Then, kernel-install takes one more step for compatibility with bootctl.
2023-06-05 14:23:54 +09:00
Lennart Poettering
9ea811914f man: document image policy syntax and semantics, and the hooks in the various components 2023-04-05 20:55:15 +02:00
Jan Janssen
dfca5587cf tree-wide: Drop gnu-efi
This drops all mentions of gnu-efi and its manual build machinery. A
future commit will bring bootloader builds back. A new bootloader meson
option is now used to control whether to build sd-boot and its userspace
tooling.
2023-03-10 11:41:03 +01:00
наб
f8b7ff8493
man: fix typo (#26655) 2023-03-03 23:01:51 +09:00
Yu Watanabe
60c5bd7759 tree-wide: fix typo 2023-02-22 14:46:19 +09:00
Lennart Poettering
c56be2c294 bootctl: add new --print-root-device option
We already have this nice code in system that determines the block
device backing the root file system, but it's only used internally in
systemd-gpt-generator. Let's make this more accessible and expose it
directly in bootctl.

It doesn't fit immediately into the topic of bootctl, but I think it's
close enough and behaves very similar to the existing "bootctl
--print-boot-path" and "--print-esp-path" tools.

If --print-root-device (or -R) is specified once, will show the block device
backing the root fs, and if specified twice (probably easier: -RR) it
will show the whole block device that block device belongs to in case it
is a partition block device.

Suggested use:

        # cfdisk `bootctl -RR`

To get access to the partition table, behind the OS install, for
whatever it might be.
2023-02-21 18:19:38 +01:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
8072c9c8b0 man/bootctl: add missing markup
Fixup for 53c368d71b.
2023-01-24 19:14:27 +01:00
Lennart Poettering
eab7061898 bootctl: split out boot loader spec + boot loader interface commands in --help text
grub (at least on fedora) nowadays implements the boot loader spec, but
not the boot loader interface. Hence let's split out the commands
specific to each in two groups in the --help text. This way the first
group just covers boot lodaer spec stuff (i.e. stuff on disk in the
ESP/XBOOTLDR partition). And the other covers talking to the boot loader
via EFI var.
2023-01-20 18:42:25 +01:00
Lennart Poettering
1e7d6cc072 bootctl: change section title for kernel image commands
Let's call them kernel *images*, not just *kernels*.
2023-01-20 18:30:06 +01:00
Ludwig Nussel
8702496bfb bootctl: unlink and cleanup functions
The unlink command removes an entry from the ESP including
referenced files that are not referenced in other entries. That is
useful eg to have multiple entries that use the same kernel with
different options.

The cleanup command removes all files that are not referenced by any
entry.
2023-01-19 14:24:43 +01:00
Gerd Hoffmann
a05255981b bootctl: add kernel-inspect command
Takes a kernel image as argument. Prints details about the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
2023-01-18 14:32:14 +01:00
Gerd Hoffmann
53c368d71b bootctl: add kernel-identity command
The command takes a kernel as argument and checks what kind of kernel
the image is.  Returns one of uki, pe or unknown.
2023-01-18 14:32:14 +01:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
8b9f092112 man: fix issues reported by the manpage-l10n project
Fixes #25780.

> Man page: crypttab.5
> Issue 1:  Missing fullstop
> Issue 2:  I<cipher=>, I<hash=>, I<size=> → B<cipher=>, B<hash=>, B<size=>
>
> "Force LUKS mode\\&. When this mode is used, the following options are "
> "ignored since they are provided by the LUKS header on the device: "
> "I<cipher=>, I<hash=>, I<size=>"

Seems OK to me. The full stop is there and has been for at least a few years. And we use <option> for the markup, which is appropriate here.

> Man page: crypttab.5
> Issue 1:  Missing fullstop
> Issue 2:  I<cipher=>, I<hash=>, I<keyfile-offset=>, I<keyfile-size=>, I<size=> → B<cipher=>, B<hash=>, B<keyfile-offset=>, B<keyfile-size=>, B<size=>
>
> "Use TrueCrypt encryption mode\\&. When this mode is used, the following "
> "options are ignored since they are provided by the TrueCrypt header on the "
> "device or do not apply: I<cipher=>, I<hash=>, I<keyfile-offset=>, I<keyfile-"
> "size=>, I<size=>"

Same.

> Man page: journalctl.1
> Issue 1:  make be → may be

Fixed.

> Issue 2:  below\\&. → below:

Fixed.

> Man page: journalctl.1
> Issue:    Colon at the end?
>
> "The following commands are understood\\&. If none is specified the default "
> "is to display journal records\\&."
> msgstr ""
> "Die folgenden Befehle werden verstanden\\&. Falls keiner festgelegt ist, ist "
> "die Anzeige von Journal-Datensätzen die Vorgabe\\&."

This is a bit awkward, but I'm not sure how to fix it.

> Man page: kernel-install.8
> Issue:    methods a fallback → methods fallback

It was correct, but I added a comma to make the sense clearer.

> Man page: loader.conf.5
> Issue 1:  secure boot variables → Secure Boot variables
> Issue 2:  one → one for (multiple times)
>
> "Supported secure boot variables are one database for authorized images, one "
> "key exchange key (KEK) and one platform key (PK)\\&. For more information, "
> "refer to the \\m[blue]B<UEFI specification>\\m[]\\&\\s-2\\u[2]\\d\\s+2, "
> "under Secure Boot and Driver Signing\\&. Another resource that describe the "
> "interplay of the different variables is the \\m[blue]B<EDK2 "
> "documentation>\\m[]\\&\\s-2\\u[3]\\d\\s+2\\&."

"one of" would sound strange. "One this and one that" is OK.

> Man page: loader.conf.5
> Issue:    systemd-boot → B<systemd-boot>(7)

Fixed.

> Man page: logind.conf.5
> Issue:    systemd-logind → B<systemd-logind>(8)

We use <filename>systemd-logind</> on subsequent references… I think that's good enough.

> Man page: nss-myhostname.8
> Issue:    B<getent> → B<getent>(1)

Fixed.

> Man page: nss-resolve.8
> Issue:    B<systemd-resolved> → B<systemd-resolved>(8)

The first reference does this, subsequent are shorter.

> Man page: os-release.5
> Issue:    Portable Services → Portable Services Documentation?

Updated.

> Man page: pam_systemd_home.8
> Issue:    auth and account use "reason", while session and password do not?

Reworded.

> Man page: portablectl.1
> Issue:    In systemd-portabled.service(8): Portable Services Documentation

Updated.

> Man page: repart.d.5
> Issue:    The partition → the partition

Fixed.

> Man page: repart.d.5
> Issue:    B<systemd-repart> → B<systemd-repart>(8)

The first reference does this. I also change this one, because it's pretty far down in the text.

> Man page: systemd.1
> Issue:    kernel command line twice?
>
> "Takes a boolean argument\\&. If false disables importing credentials from "
> "the kernel command line, qemu_fw_cfg subsystem or the kernel command line\\&."

Apparently this was fixed already.

> Man page: systemd-boot.7
> Issue:    enrollement → enrollment

Fixed.

> Man page: systemd-cryptenroll.1
> Issue:    multiple cases: any specified → the specified

Reworded.

> Man page: systemd-cryptenroll.1
> Issue:    If this this → If this

Fixed tree-wide.

> Man page: systemd-cryptsetup-generator.8
> Issue:    and the initrd → and in the initrd

"Is honoured by the initrd" is OK, because we often speak about the initrd as a single unit. But in the same paragraph we also used "in the initrd", which makes the other use look sloppy. I changed it to "in the initrd" everywhere in that file.

> Man page: systemd.directives.7
> Issue:    Why are these two quoted (but not others)?
>
> "B<\\*(Aqh\\*(Aq>"
>
> B<\\*(Aqs\\*(Aq>"
>
> "B<\\*(Aqy\\*(Aq>"

This is autogenerated from files… We use slightly different markup in different files, and it's just too hard to make it consistent. We gave up on this.

> Man page: systemd.exec.5
> Issue 1:  B<at>(1p) → B<at>(1)
> Issue 2:  B<crontab>(1p) → B<crontab>(1)

Fixed.

> Man page: systemd.exec.5
> Issue:    B<select()> → B<select>(2)

Fixed.

> Man page: systemd.exec.5
> Issue:   qemu → B<qemu>(1)

The man page doesn't seem to be in any of the canonical places on the web.
I added a link to online docs.

> Man page: systemd.exec.5
> Issue:    variable → variables

Seems to be fixed already.

> Man page: systemd-integritysetup-generator.8
> Issue:    systemd-integritysetup-generator → B<systemd-integritysetup-generator>

I changed <filename> to <command>.

> Man page: systemd-integritysetup-generator.8
> Issue:    superfluous comma at the end

Already fixed.

> Man page: systemd-measure.1
> Issue:    (see B<--pcr-bank=>) below → (see B<--pcr-bank=> below)

Reworded.

> Man page: systemd-measure.1
> Issue:    =PATH> → =>I<PATH>

Fixed.

> Man page: systemd-measure.1.po
> Issue:    B<--bank=DIGEST> → B<--bank=>I<DIGEST>

Fixed.

> Man page: systemd.netdev.5
> Issue:    os the → on the

Appears to have been fixed already.

> Man page: systemd.netdev.5
> Issue:    Onboard → On-board (as in previous string)

Updated.

> Man page: systemd.network.5
> Issue:    B<systemd-networkd> -> B<systemd-networkd>(8)

First reference does this, subsequent do not.

> Man page: systemd.network.5
> Issue:    B<netlabelctl> → B<netlabelctl>(8)

First reference does this, subsequent do not.

> Man page: systemd.network.5
> Issue:    Missing verb (aquired? configured?) in the half sentence starting with "or by a "

I dropped the comma.

> Man page: systemd-nspawn.1
> Issue:    All host users outside of that range → All other host users

Reworded.

> # FIXME no effect → no effect\\&.
> #. type: Plain text
> #: archlinux debian-unstable fedora-rawhide mageia-cauldron opensuse-tumbleweed
> msgid ""
> "Whichever ID mapping option is used, the same mapping will be used for users "
> "and groups IDs\\&. If B<rootidmap> is used, the group owning the bind "
> "mounted directory will have no effect"

A period is added. Not sure if there's some other issue.

> Man page: systemd-oomd.service.8
> Issue:    B<systemd> → B<systemd>(1)

Done.

> Man page: systemd.path.5
> Issue 1:  B<systemd.exec>(1) → B<systemd.exec>(5)
> Issue 2:  This section does not (yet?) exist

Fixed.

> Man page: systemd-pcrphase.service.8
> Issue 1:  indicate phases into TPM2 PCR 11 ??
> Issue 2: Colon at the end of the paragraph?

Fixed.

> Man page: systemd-pcrphase.service.8
> Issue:    final boot phase → final shutdown phase?

Updated.

> Man page: systemd-pcrphase.service.8
> Issue:    for the the → for the

Fixed tree-wide.

> Man page: systemd-portabled.service.8
> Issue:    In systemd-portabled.service(8): Portable Services Documentation

Updated.

> Man page: systemd-pstore.service.8
> Issue:    Here and the following paragraphs: . → \\&. // Upstream: What does this comment mean? // You normally write \\&. for a full dot (full stop etc.); here you write only "." (i.e. a plain dot).
>
> "and we look up \"localhost\", nss-dns will send the following queries to "
> "systemd-resolved listening on 127.0.0.53:53: first \"localhost.foobar.com\", "
> "then \"localhost.barbar.com\", and finally \"localhost\". If (hopefully) the "
> "first two queries fail, systemd-resolved will synthesize an answer for the "
> "third query."

Looks all OK to me.

> Man page: systemd.resource-control.5
> Issue:    Missing closing bracket after link to Control Groups version 1

Fixed.

> Man page: systemd-sysext.8
> Issue:    In systemd-portabled.service(8): Portable Services Documentation

Updated.

> Man page: systemd.timer.5
> Issue 1:  B<systemd.exec>(1) → B<systemd.exec>(5)
> Issue 2:  This section does not (yet?) exist

Fixed.

> Man page: systemd.unit.5
> Issue:    that is → that are

Fixed.

> Man page: systemd-veritysetup-generator.8
> Issue:    systemd-veritysetup-generator → B<systemd-veritysetup-generator>
>
 > "systemd-veritysetup-generator implements B<systemd.generator>(7)\\&."
>
> "systemd-veritysetup-generator understands the following kernel command line "
> "parameters:"

Updated.

> Man page: systemd-volatile-root.service.8
> Issue:    initrdyes → Initrd

Fixed.

> Man page: sysupdate.d.5
> Issue:    : → \\&. (As above in TRANSFER)

Updated.

> Man page: sysupdate.d.5
> Issue:    some → certain

Updated.

> Man page: sysupdate.d.5
> Issue 1:  i\\&.e\\& → I\\&.e\\&

Fixed.

> Issue 2:  the image → the system

"image" seems correct.

> Man page: tmpfiles.d.5
> Issue:    systemd-tmpfiles → B<systemd-tmpfiles>(8)

Updated.
2023-01-11 17:12:54 +01:00
Lennart Poettering
921fc451cb units: rename/rework systemd-boot-system-token.service → systemd-boot-random-seed.service
This renames systemd-boot-system-token.service to
systemd-boot-random-seed.service and conditions it less strictly.

Previously, the job of the service was to write a "system token" EFI
variable if it was missing. It called "bootctl --graceful random-seed"
for that. With this change we condition it more liberally: instead of
calling it only when the "system token" EFI variable isn't set, we call
it whenever a boot loader interface compatible boot loader is used. This
means, previously it was invoked on the first boot only: now it is
invoked at every boot.

This doesn#t change the command that is invoked. That's because
previously already the "bootctl --graceful random-seed" did two things:
set the system token if not set yet *and* refresh the random seed in the
ESP. Previousy we put the focus on the former, now we shift the focus to
the latter.

With this simple change we can replace the logic
f913c784ad added, but from a service that
can run much later and doesn't keep the ESP pinned.
2023-01-04 15:18:10 +01:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
db81144428 tree-wide: BLS and DPS are now on uapi-group website 2022-11-21 12:26:35 +01:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
b66a6e1a58 man: "the initial RAM disk" → "the initrd"
In many places we spelled out the phrase behind "initrd" in full, but this
isn't terribly useful. In fact, no "RAM disk" is used, so emphasizing this
is just confusing to the reader. Let's just say "initrd" everywhere, people
understand what this refers to, and that it's in fact an initramfs image.

Also, s/i.e./e.g./ where appropriate.

Also, don't say "in RAM", when in fact it's virtual memory, whose pages
may or may not be loaded in page frames in RAM, and we have no control over
this.

Also, add <filename></filename> and other minor cleanups.
2022-09-20 16:48:50 +02:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
15102ced42 man: similar → similarly
Something *is* similar
Something *works* similarly
Something does something, similarly to how something else does something

See https://sites.ulethbridge.ca/roussel/2017/11/29/similar-and-similarly-are-they-similar/
for a clear explanation.
2022-08-23 12:14:58 +02:00
Rene Hollander
d9bdb29bf5 Add --efi-boot-option-description argument to bootctl to control the name of the boot
entry.

By default an entry named "Linux Boot Manager" is created (which is the
previous behavior). With the flag the name of the entry can be
controlled, which is useful when installing systemd-boot to multiple ESP
partitions and having uniquely named entries.

Fixes #17044.
2022-08-19 14:55:31 +02:00
Luca Boccassi
02d06ba180 bootctl: add --install-source=auto|image|host
When using --root=/--image= the binaries to install/update will be
picked from the directory/image. Add an option to let the caller
choose.
By default (auto) the image is tried first, and if nothing is found
then the host. The other options allow to strictly try the image
or host and ignore the other.
2022-07-08 16:58:51 +01:00
Luca Boccassi
80a2381d5c bootctl: add --root and --image
Operate on image/directory, and also take files to install from it
2022-07-08 16:58:15 +01:00
Jan Janssen
6e9165397f bootctl: Add EFI arch detection support 2022-05-21 15:11:13 +01:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
14e6e444dd bootctl: add --quiet
It's useful for installation scripts and suchlike.
Raised in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2079784#c9.
2022-05-05 12:30:06 +02:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
18eb56c3c0 bootctl: support --graceful in is-installed 2022-05-05 12:30:06 +02:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
76c068b77c man: cross-advertize bootctl and systemctl boot loader support 2022-04-28 16:44:40 +02:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
e12335ba60 man: add annotated example for bootctl status & list
This is based on the output on my laptop, with various manual adjustments.
If people have other types of entries, it'd be useful to add them here. In
particular, some dual-boot entries would be nice.
2022-04-04 21:19:20 +02:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
db9eabd675 man: fix tag syntax
Strangely enough, having <varlistenetry>s outside of <variablelist> wasn't
causing visual problems. But having two <listitem>s in one <varlistentry>
resulted in the paragraphs running together in the rendered man page.
2022-04-04 21:19:20 +02:00
Lennart Poettering
0d1506d4a8 bootctl: optionally, output entries in JSON format
Replaces: #18387
Fixes: #18094
2022-03-28 16:00:25 +02:00
Lennart Poettering
f337f903df bootctl: update to new kernel-install semantics
This makes a bunch of closely related changes:

1. The "entry-token" concept already introduced in kernel-install is now
   made use of. i.e. specifically there's a new option --entry-token=
   that can be used to explicitly select by which ID to identify boot
   loader entries: the machine ID, or some OS ID (ID= or IMAGE_ID= from
   /etc/os-release, or even some completely different string. The
   selected string is then persisted to /etc/kernel/entry-token, so that
   kernel-install can find it there.

2. The --make-machine-id-directory= switch is renamed to
   --make-entry-directory= since after all it's not necessarily the
   machine ID the dir is named after, but can be any other string as
   selected by the entry token.

3. This drops all code to make automatic changes to /etc/machine-info.
   Specifically, the KERNEL_INSTALL_MACHINE_ID= field is now more
   generically implemented in /etc/kernel/entry-token described above,
   hence no need to place it at two locations. And the
   KERNEL_INSTALL_LAYOUT= field is not configurable by user switch or
   similar anyway in bootctl, but only read from
   /etc/kernel/install.conf, and hence copying it from one configuration
   file to another appears unnecessary, the second copy is fully
   redundant. Note that this just drops writing these fields, they'll
   still be honoured when already set.
2022-03-11 11:39:34 +01:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
1ff493d5c1 bootctl: deprecate --make-machine-id-directory=auto
Now that kernel-install creates the machine-id directory, we don't need to do
this is 'bootctl install', and in fact it's better not to do this since it
might never be necessary. So let's change the default behaviour to 'no'.

I kept support for 'auto' to maintain backwards compatibility, even though the
default was changed. Previous behaviour can be requested by specifying
--make-machine-id-directory=auto.
2021-12-17 18:48:08 +01:00
Davide Cavalca
ba38a24de3 man: do not install sd-boot man pages when -Dgnu-efi=false is set 2021-12-14 00:08:55 +00:00
Дамјан Георгиевски
12caf72716 bootctl: optionally install .signed efi file
if /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi.signed exists
install that instead of /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi

the idea is that SecureBoot tooling can create the efi.signed file
whenever /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi from the package
is updated.
2021-12-08 22:21:34 +01:00
Jan Janssen
ee4fd9cbd4 sd-boot: Add support to boot last selected entry
Fixes: #18994
2021-10-29 13:57:24 +02:00
Jan Janssen
0c674ce5f2 sd-boot: Allow glob patterns for default and oneshot EFI vars too 2021-10-29 13:57:24 +02:00
Jan Janssen
39ddc32a86 bootctl: Add set-timeout verb
Fixes: #18766
2021-10-08 15:32:50 +02:00
Lennart Poettering
e5a8b4b593 bootctl: tweak "bootctl update" to be a NOP when boot loader is already current and --graceful is given
Previously, the "bootctl update" logic would refrain from downrgading a
boot loader, but if the boot loader that is installed already matched
the version we could install we'd install it anyway, under the
assumption this was effectively without effect. This behaviour was handy
while developing boot loaders, since installing a modified boot loader
didn't require a version bump.

However, outside of the systems of boot loader developers I don't think
this behaviour makes much sense: we should always emphasize doing
minimal changes to the ESP, hence when an update is supposedly not
necessary, then don't do it. Only update if it really makes sense, to
minimize writes to the ESP. Updating the boot loader is a good thing
after all, but doing so redundantly is not.

Also, downgrade the message about this to LOG_NOTICE, given this
shouldn't be a reason to log.

Finally, exit cleanly in this cases (or if another boot loader is
detected)
2021-07-30 16:48:24 +02:00
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
be0d27ee0c man: fix assorted issues reported by the manpage-l10n project
Fixes #20297.
2021-07-27 09:43:29 +02:00
Christian Hesse
9fff026d60 man: fix tag type
This is an option, not a command.
2021-05-27 12:50:57 +09:00
Lennart Poettering
7eea910d24 bootctl: extend --make-machine-id-directory= documentation a bit
The directory might not be created in the ESP but in the extended boot
loader partition, hence don#t claim otherwise.

Also, give a brief reason why the concept exists at all.

Link up machine-id man page.

Follow-up for: 6a3fff75ba
2021-05-11 14:32:42 +09:00
наб
6a3fff75ba
bootctl: take --make-machine-id-directory=yes|no|auto and make/remove \$MACHINE_ID accordingly
auto resolves to yes if /etc/machine-id resides on non-tmpfs

This effectively reverts commit 31e57550b5
2021-05-05 14:35:00 +02:00