[linux-base,IHGFB] use linux-update-symlinks in xx-update-initrd-links

Currently there is inconsistency between the commands that
linux-image.deb package installation calls, and what installkernel script calls.

In linux-image postinst linux-update-symlinks is called; whereas
installkernel script does not call it.

Rewrite xx-update-initrd-links from custom implementation, to a call
to linux-update-symlinks but only when installkernel script calls the
postinst.d run-parts. This way installkernel does exactly what
linux-image.deb installation would do, including honoring settings in
/etc/kernel-img.conf that installers have been providing in older
series.

Drop duplicated calls to initramfs-tools, multiple postinst.d must not
call update-initramfs. postinst.d snippted to do that already is
called and shipped by the initramfs-tools package.

On 28/05/2021 06:42, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> Currently there is inconsistency between the commands that
> linux-image.deb package installation calls, and what installkernel script calls.
> 
> In linux-image postinst linux-update-symlinks is called; whereas
> installkernel script does not call it.
> 
> Rewrite xx-update-initrd-links from custom implementation, to a call
> to linux-update-symlinks but only when installkernel script calls the
> postinst.d run-parts. This way installkernel does exactly what
> linux-image.deb installation would do, including honoring settings in
> /etc/kernel-img.conf that installers have been providing in older
> series.
> 
> Drop duplicated calls to initramfs-tools, multiple postinst.d must not
> call update-initramfs. postinst.d snippted to do that already is
> called and shipped by the initramfs-tools package.
> 


Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com>


Best regards,
Krzysztof

On 28.05.21 12:42, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> Currently there is inconsistency between the commands that
> linux-image.deb package installation calls, and what installkernel script calls.
> 
> In linux-image postinst linux-update-symlinks is called; whereas
> installkernel script does not call it.
> 
> Rewrite xx-update-initrd-links from custom implementation, to a call
> to linux-update-symlinks but only when installkernel script calls the
> postinst.d run-parts. This way installkernel does exactly what
> linux-image.deb installation would do, including honoring settings in
> /etc/kernel-img.conf that installers have been providing in older
> series.
> 
> Drop duplicated calls to initramfs-tools, multiple postinst.d must not
> call update-initramfs. postinst.d snippted to do that already is
> called and shipped by the initramfs-tools package.

If I remember correctly we did not update the Groovy version of linux-base, yet. 
So the diff likely does not apply there. Given the lifetime of G I am not sure 
it is worth changing. But otherwise:

Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com>
> 
> diff -Nru linux-base-4.5ubuntu7/debian/changelog linux-base-4.5ubuntu8/debian/changelog
> --- linux-base-4.5ubuntu7/debian/changelog	2021-05-17 16:55:34.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-base-4.5ubuntu8/debian/changelog	2021-05-27 10:43:52.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
> +linux-base (4.5ubuntu8) impish; urgency=medium
> +
> +  * Rewrite xx-update-initrd-links to use linux-update-symlinks. This will
> +    now make installkernel behaviour match the linux-image-*.postinst
> +    behaviour exactly with respect to creating & updating vmlinu? and
> +    initrd.img symlinks in / or /boot. LP: #1929255
> +
> + -- Dimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov@canonical.com>  Thu, 27 May 2021 10:43:52 +0100
> +
>   linux-base (4.5ubuntu7) impish; urgency=medium
>   
>     * Check for update-initramfs being installed before running the postinst
> diff -Nru linux-base-4.5ubuntu7/debian/rules linux-base-4.5ubuntu8/debian/rules
> --- linux-base-4.5ubuntu7/debian/rules	2020-06-25 18:23:24.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-base-4.5ubuntu8/debian/rules	2021-05-27 10:43:52.000000000 +0100
> @@ -7,3 +7,7 @@
>   ifeq ($(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)),)
>   	perl -Ilib -MTest::Harness -e 'runtests(@ARGV)' lib/t/*.t
>   endif
> +
> +override_dh_install:
> +	dh_install
> +	chmod -v +x debian/linux-base/etc/kernel/postinst.d/*
> diff -Nru linux-base-4.5ubuntu7/etc/kernel/postinst.d/xx-update-initrd-links linux-base-4.5ubuntu8/etc/kernel/postinst.d/xx-update-initrd-links
> --- linux-base-4.5ubuntu7/etc/kernel/postinst.d/xx-update-initrd-links	2021-05-17 16:55:34.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-base-4.5ubuntu8/etc/kernel/postinst.d/xx-update-initrd-links	2021-05-27 10:43:32.000000000 +0100
> @@ -1,88 +1,24 @@
>   #!/bin/sh
>   set -e
>   
> -command -v update-initramfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
> -
> -VERBOSE=true
> -
> -# If softlinks are maintained, then either under /boot or otherwise /. If
> -# neither location contains a vmlinuz, then no softlinks are maintained.
> -if [ -L /boot/vmlinu? ]; then
> -	dir="/boot/"
> -elif [ -L /vmlinu? ]; then
> -	dir="/"
> -else
> -	dir=""
> -fi
> -
> -if [ "$dir" = "" ]; then
> -	exit 0
> -fi
> -
> -# avoid running multiple times
> -if [ -n "$DEB_MAINT_PARAMS" ]; then
> -	eval set -- "$DEB_MAINT_PARAMS"
> -	if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" != "configure" ]; then
> -		exit 0
> -	fi
> -fi
> -
> -create_link() {
> -	local tgt=$1
> -	local src=$2
> -	local dir=$(dirname $src)
> -	local kver=${tgt#initrd.img*-}
> -
> -	# Running installkernel multiple times with the same kernel will
> -	# create backups of the binary in the form of vmlinu?-<ver>.old
> -	# However by then the modules have been replaced and also there is
> -	# no way to build the initramfs with that name.
> -	if [ ! -f "${dir}/${tgt}" ]; then
> -		case $tgt in
> -		initrd.img-*.old)
> -			# installkernel should create a copy of the initrd
> -			# when it copies a kernel image. This is only a hack
> -			# before there is no matching file at all.
> -			kver=${kver%.old}
> -			cp ${dir}/initrd.img-$kver ${dir}/$tgt
> -			;;
> -		*)
> -			# This is present just as double safety net. By all means
> -			# the actual initrd should already be created by a previous
> -			# postinst script.
> -			INITRAMFS_TOOLS_KERNEL_HOOK=1 \
> -				update-initramfs -c -k ${kver}
> -			;;
> -		esac
> -	fi
> -
> -	$VERBOSE && echo "Softlink: ${src} -> ${tgt}"
> -	cd ${dir} && ln -sf ${tgt} ${src}
> -}
> -
> -$VERBOSE && echo "Testing softlinks in $dir..."
> -
> -for f in $(find $dir -maxdepth 1 -regex '.*vmlinu.\(\.old\)?'); do
> -	if [ -e $f ]; then
> -		kernel=$(basename $f)
> -		initrd="initrd.img${kernel#vmlinu?}"
> -		tgt_kernel="$(readlink $f)"
> -		tgt_initrd="initrd.img${tgt_kernel#vmlinu?}"
> -		if [ ! -L "${dir}${initrd}" -o ! -e "${dir}${initrd}" ]; then
> -			$VERBOSE && echo "${dir}${initrd} does not exist or is not a link"
> -			create_link ${tgt_initrd} ${dir}${initrd}
> -		else
> -			cur_initrd=$(readlink ${dir}${initrd})
> -			if [ "${cur_initrd}" != "${tgt_initrd}" ]; then
> -				$VERBOSE && echo "${dir}${initrd} invalid target (${cur_initrd})"
> -				create_link ${tgt_initrd} ${dir}${initrd}
> -			else
> -				$VERBOSE && echo "${dir}${initrd} -> ${tgt_initrd} (ok)"
> -			fi
> -		fi
> -	else
> -		$VERBOSE && echo "Broken link: $f (skip)"
> -	fi
> -done
> +# installkernel script calls postinst.d without any DEB_MAINT_PARAMS set
> +# linux-image-* postinst calls postinst.d with DEB_MAINT_PARAMS set
> +# do nothing in case linux-image-* calls this, as it already calls `linux-update-symlinks`
> +[ -z "$DEB_MAINT_PARAMS" ] || exit 0
> +
> +# installkernel must call postinst.d with two args, version & image_path
> +version="$1"
> +image_path="$2"
> +
> +[ -n "$version" ] || exit 0
> +[ -n "$image_path" ] || exit 0
> +
> +# call linux-update-symlinks in install mode, which will correctly
> +# update vmlinuz & initrd.img symlinks. Even if initrd.img does not
> +# exist yet, or has already been created by the initramfs-update
> +# postinst.d hook. It will also honor kernel_img.conf settings to
> +# link_in_boot yes/no. Thus matching behaviour of linux-image-*
> +# postinst call to linux-update-symlinks.
> +linux-update-symlinks install $version $image_path
>   
>   exit 0
>