BIRD 2.0.8

Skyler Mäntysaari sm at samip.fi
Wed Apr 14 22:25:35 CEST 2021


I could yes, but is that something other people would prefer?

On 14/04/2021 22.29, Clemens Schrimpe wrote:
>>
>> The Debian package I have been using actually does put the configs in 
>> /etc/bird which makes sense, as it's basically a normal Debian in the 
>> eyes of the package.
>>
>>
>
> You /can/ make a package though, where everything lives under /config, 
> preferably /config/opt - right?
>
> Like I said: Not a good idea to have your routing-engine and -config 
> wiped after a software update.
>
> You can, however, put a "normal" BIRD install package 
> into /config/data/firstboot/install-packages and have a script 
> in /config/scripts/firstboot.d which may restore the config file (or a 
> symlink to /config/bird.conf, which also survives the big culling). In 
> that case the package gets re-installed early during the first boot 
> after a FW update (and the script called).
>
> If the BIRD distribution depends on other packages, those also need to 
> go into /config/data/firstboot/install-packages.
>
> And of course you need to have scripts updating the packages in 
> /config/data/firstboot/install-packages, when you update them ...
>
> -c
>
>
>
>
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