On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Chris Murphy composed on 2016-08-30 15:31 (UTC-0600): > >> Felix Miata wrote: > > >>> What I was looking for is the process that triggers "offline updates >>> mode". >>> If it involves the bootloader, I know whatever it may be simply doesn't >>> exist. This is a multiboot installation, so no Fedora bootloader is >>> involved >>> in its boot process. If not bootloader related, I'll go ahead and file a >>> bug, >>> or even if it is, but you indicate you want one anyway. > > >> >> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.offline-updates.html > > >> What triggers it is the creation of /system-update symlink and a >> reboot. Then systemd picks that up and for that boot considers >> system-update.target the default target. > > > So apparently the kernel cmdline can be involved, and the only bug appears > to be that the wiki page has no boot stanza admonition that the cmdline must > not include anything to avoid booting to the temporary default target (in > this case "3", which is a parameter I include on most of my kernel > cmdlines). Anything that overrides default.target is supposed to be temporary. To make it the default, and therefore maintain compatibility with system upgrades: systemctl set-default multi-user.target In effect the upgrade fails because there are two conflicting temporary default overrides: /system-updates and the 3. -- Chris Murphy -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
