On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 10:55:28AM +0100, Renaud Allard wrote:
> Hi Solene,
> 
> On 11/20/19 10:46 AM, Solene Rapenne wrote:
> > wouldn't be easier for people using non standard locations to write a
> > small wrapper script like this (not tested, written in the mail)
> > 
> > #!/bin/sh
> > 
> > MYDEST=/var/sysupgrade
> > 
> > install -d -o root -g wheel $MYDEST
> > rm -fr /home/_sysupgrade
> > ln -s $MYDEST /home/_sysupgrade
> > 
> > sysupgrade -n
> > if [ $? -eq 0 ]
> > then
> >     sed -i'' "s,/home/_sysupgrade,$MYDEST" /auto_upgrade.conf
> >     reboot
> > fi
> > 
> 
> It is indeed a solution, but that still means you have to download the sets
> in /home and then move them. This can be problematic if space on /home is
> constrained or in the case of slow flash disks for example.
> 


no, this script makes /home/_sysupgrade a symbolic link to the real
location where you want to store the sets. So /home doesn't require more
space than the requirement for an additional symlink.

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