Post #3116352
2026-05-26 04:34 UTC
…available, instead of just giving up, it will automatically delete the oldest entry (using the aforementioned bootctl unlink GC logic), repeatedly until enough space is available. When doing this it will carefully protect the currently booted entry however. Each time it will then attempt a link operation again.
In essence: the logic should be really robust and make the best of what's available: keep as many menu entries as possible, but avoid failures as long as possible, protecting the…
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@pid_eins@mastodon.social 2026-05-26 04:35
…status quo (under the assumption that it works, given we came far enough to run "bootctl link"), and all that in reasonably "atomic" fashion.
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@NekkoDroid@social.treehouse.systems 2026-05-27 10:19
@pid_eins@mastodon.social Does the unlink logic only protect the current booted one or does is also protect the ones from other images? Say I have 2 images with 2 versions each. Would it have up to 3 versions it can GC (1 from the current booted one and 2 from the other image) or only 1 (the one from the current booted image)?