[PATCH] barebox update: add note after successful update

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Thu May 21 23:50:37 PDT 2015


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 at 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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