Hardcoded kernel versions in scripts needs to be updated with each new kernel release

[jorritnutma]

Hi, today I've build the zip but first had to change the kernel version from 4.9.0-3 to 4.9.0-4 in update.sh and build.sh because the linux-imagekernel-image-4.9.0-3-rpi is not in the repos anymore. Could you please update the files?

[Mausy5043]

I'd love it if someone could provide a solution where we don't need to hardcode the kernel package name.

[olmari]

I wonder would some repo have symlink to latest images, so we could refer to that... I tried to look around a little but yet to see any obvous method to achieve this...

[olmari]

For now, I made plain old manual update on pull request #502

[Mausy5043]

Closing issue since the problem is resolved.

[JedMeister]

Closing issue since the problem is resolved.

Do you mean the specific issue (wrong kernel version) or the generic issue (hard coded kernel version required)?

FWIW, if Raspbian don't already, the way to fix it properly would be for a meta package to be produced which always depends on the latest kernel. When a new kernel package is released, a new metapackage would be released depending on the new kernel. Obviously that's outside the scope of this project though...

[olmari]

@JedMeister
Specific issue.

If only there would be symlink or something similar on the site kernel is downloaded to allways latest kernel, would immediately solve much of this problem.

[JedMeister]

Cheers.

Like I say, a generically named Raspbian meta package would be the ideal way to resolve this IMO. It's the way that Debian have always done it AFAIK.

[olmari]

Metapackage in raspbian itself won't help us here, we need an way to get latest kernel from download server directly... Unless someone else knows better way and programs it :)

[Mausy5043]

curl http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/l/linux-4.9/ |grep linux-image |awk -F\" '{print $2}' gives:

linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi1~jessie_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi3%2bb1_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi3_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi1~jessie_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi3%2bb1_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi3_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2_4.9.51-1%2brpi1~jessie_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2_4.9.51-1%2brpi3%2bb1_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2_4.9.51-1%2brpi3_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi_4.9.51-1%2brpi1~jessie_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi_4.9.51-1%2brpi3%2bb1_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi_4.9.51-1%2brpi3_armhf.deb

wget -O - http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/l/linux-4.9/ |grep linux-image |awk -F\" '{print $2}' gives the same.

So, at buildtime something should be possible.

Then, busybox wget -O - http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/l/linux-4.9/ |busybox grep linux-image |busybox awk -F\" '{print $2}' gives this:

linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi1~jessie_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi3%2bb1_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi3_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi1~jessie_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi3%2bb1_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2-dbg_4.9.51-1%2brpi3_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2_4.9.51-1%2brpi1~jessie_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2_4.9.51-1%2brpi3%2bb1_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi2_4.9.51-1%2brpi3_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi_4.9.51-1%2brpi1~jessie_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi_4.9.51-1%2brpi3%2bb1_armhf.deb
linux-image-4.9.0-4-rpi_4.9.51-1%2brpi3_armhf.deb

which implies that in the installer something should be possible also... ❓

[JedMeister]

@olmari

Metapackage in raspbian itself won't help us here, we need an way to get latest kernel from download server directly..

Of course! Sorry for the noise...

[olmari]

@Mausy5043 We'd still need to know what of those image(s) we want and hope "formatting" never change. but at least would be step forward for sure. Maybe we should first ask from raspbian maintainers if an symlink(s) in server could be made to allways point newest/most relevant images.. And that would be that in all its glory =) (not that I have been too active with this either :) )

[Mausy5043]

Ref: requested support.

[Mausy5043]

The Raspbian team isn't very forthcoming.

[plugwash]

I guess I have to spoonfeed you guys ;) (the .txt extension is just to keep github happy)
getlatestpackage.txt

[goranche]

@plugwash oh, come on, in python?!? anyone can do that: shell, baby, shell 😂

😉 a bit more serious: thanks 👍
I'll try to find some time for this project again and see what's up and what can be done