#6470 NORM Never A: olpc-update doesn't let users manage their software builds

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#6470: olpc-update doesn't let users manage their software builds
------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
  Reporter:  gnu              |       Owner:  cscott                           
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                              
  Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Never Assigned                   
 Component:  upgrade utility  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:                                   
  Verified:  0                |    Blocking:                                   
 Blockedby:                   |  
------------------------------+---------------------------------------------

Comment(by gnu):

 Here's an example of how others also don't understand olpc-update:

 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:15:36 -0500

 From: Mikus Grinbergs <mikus at bga.com>

 To: devel at laptop.org

 Subject: where did cross-build customization come from ?

 FYI -- don't intend to do anything about it -- just letting you know
 I had a strange experience.

 I keep both a Joyride build and an Update.1 build on my G1G1;  I
 switch between them with the 'O' button at boot.  Today I used
 'olpc-update' (from Joyride) to install the latest Update.1, then
 used 'olpc-update' (from Update.1) to install the latest Joyride.

 I normally apply various customizations in /etc and in /usr (e.g.,
 to disable frame "auto-raise", and to preset some environmental
 variables).  The way I remember it, having booted this latest
 Joyride build I manually edited-in my changes.  But then when I
 booted the latest Update.1 build, I found the /etc and /usr changes
 already made.

 It might be Alzheimer's that is making me forget applying my changes
 twice.  But I am left with the question:  "how come my edits showed
 up with both builds, when I remember making my edits only once ?"

 mikus

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6470#comment:4>
One Laptop Per Child <http://dev.laptop.org>
OLPC bug tracking system