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fiod

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Registered: 2007-04-02

Posts: 205

Automating kernel upgrade procedure?

Hey,

I got several specific commands to run each time I do a kernel upgrade (such as recompiling VMWare and VirtualBox modules, etc).

Is there a way (writing sort of a script, obviously) to automate these tasks?
Meaning, after a pacman -Syu command, if the script (?) detects that the kernel has been updated,
it will automatically run the wanted post-upgrade commands.

Thanks
Fiod

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,066

Re: Automating kernel upgrade procedure?

See compilekernel.

Could use /etc/rc.local to check if the module is missing, or check the datestamp of the module vs the date of /boot/config, but that's just overkill.

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raeven

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From: the Herts of Crunchy Nut Land

Registered: 2008-02-19

Posts: 31

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Re: Automating kernel upgrade procedure?

you could create a new scrip to do the upgrade
syu.sh

#!/bin/sh
alias get_kver="pacman -Q kernel26 | cut -d' ' -f2"
kver=$(get_kver)
pacman -Syu || exit 1
if [ $kver != $(get_kver) ]; then
      #~ do something
fi

or if you prefer to use the pacman command

pacman

#!/bin/sh
alias get_kver="/usr/bin/pacman -Q kernel26 | cut -d' ' -f2"
kver=$(get_kver)
/usr/bin/pacman $@ || exit 1
if [ $kver != $(get_kver) ]; then
      do something
fi

placing the pacman script somewhere that appears in the $PATH ahead of /usr/bin

Last edited by raeven (2008-02-23 14:43:54)

fiod

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Registered: 2007-04-02

Posts: 205

Re: Automating kernel upgrade procedure?

That is exactly what I need.

Thanks a lot!