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install: Automatically enable --generic-image when --via-loopback #285

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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion lib/src/install.rs
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Expand Up @@ -1093,13 +1093,18 @@ fn installation_complete() {

/// Implementation of the `bootc install to-disk` CLI command.
#[context("Installing to disk")]
pub(crate) async fn install_to_disk(opts: InstallToDiskOpts) -> Result<()> {
pub(crate) async fn install_to_disk(mut opts: InstallToDiskOpts) -> Result<()> {
let mut block_opts = opts.block_opts;
let target_blockdev_meta = block_opts
.device
.metadata()
.with_context(|| format!("Querying {}", &block_opts.device))?;
if opts.via_loopback {
if !opts.config_opts.generic_image {
eprintln!("Automatically enabling --generic-image when installing via loopback");
std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2));
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Just to double check, this sleep is here so that a user can quickly ctrl-c in case that is not what they want?

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More to annoy them into specifying it, while not entirely locking out the use case of writing to a loopback device in this mode - I can't think of a real use case, but maybe there is one.

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mm nevermind, I guess it is locked out because we hardcode it for now, but the goal is to make people specify it explicitly.

opts.config_opts.generic_image = true;
}
if !target_blockdev_meta.file_type().is_file() {
anyhow::bail!(
"Not a regular file (to be used via loopback): {}",
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