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From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: Stefan Christ <s.christ@phytec.de>
Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] barebox update: add note after successful update
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 08:50:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150522065037.GT6325@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1432194109-4340-1-git-send-email-s.christ@phytec.de>

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 09:41:49AM +0200, Stefan Christ wrote:
> Some users of the barebox_update command forget to erase the external
> barebox environment after updating the barebox. Using an old barebox
> environment leads to various problems if there were major changes.
> 
> So add a gentle reminder after the successful update.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Christ <s.christ@phytec.de>
> ---
>  common/bbu.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/bbu.c b/common/bbu.c
> index 7fb154a..1b125e9 100644
> --- a/common/bbu.c
> +++ b/common/bbu.c
> @@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ int barebox_update(struct bbu_data *data)
>  	if (ret == -EINTR)
>  		printf("update aborted\n");
>  
> -	if (!ret)
> +	if (!ret) {
>  		printf("update succeeded\n");
> +		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ENV_HANDLING))
> +			printf("You maybe want to erase the barebox environment.\n");

How about adding a hint ...using saveenv -z?

Sascha

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-05-22  6:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-21  7:41 Stefan Christ
2015-05-22  6:50 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2015-05-22 11:55   ` Stefan Christ
2015-05-29  7:22     ` Sascha Hauer

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