[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] openssh: replace individual ssh-keygen calls with a single call

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at uclibc.org
Fri Aug 8 20:03:31 UTC 2014


>>>>> "Waldemar" == Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx at openadk.org> writes:

Hi,

 > In OpenADK is use cfgfs - configuration filesystem. It maintains
 > a tmpfs based /etc and let the user commit any changes via a
 > commandline tool to a partition on a block/mtd device.

 > Only changes are compressed via LZO and written to the maximum
 > 16 MB cfgfs partition.
 > http://www.openadk.org/docs/html/manual.html#_cfgfs_configuration_file_system

Heh, I wrote something similar a few years ago:

http://git.korsgaard.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=cfg.git;a=summary

It simply stored .tar.gz's of the changed files.


 > It allows smooth updates without loosing device configuration data.

 > Any interest in porting it to buildroot?

We try hard to not enforce policy, so I wouldn't want to make cfgfs a
required package, but as an optional one it make sense. Please do.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard


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