https://github.com/eoli3n/zectl-pacman-hook
Automate boot environment creation and rotation before kernel upgrade.
https://github.com/eoli3n/zectl-pacman-hook
archlinux boot-environment hook pacman prune snapshot systemd-boot zfs zfs-autosnapshot-rotation zfsonlinux
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Automate boot environment creation and rotation before kernel upgrade.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/eoli3n/zectl-pacman-hook
- Owner: eoli3n
- License: unlicense
- Created: 2020-05-11T09:58:52.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-08-15T09:54:57.000Z (about 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-14T23:30:55.167Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: archlinux, boot-environment, hook, pacman, prune, snapshot, systemd-boot, zfs, zfs-autosnapshot-rotation, zfsonlinux
- Language: Shell
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- Size: 11.7 KB
- Stars: 12
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
### zectl-pacman-hook
It will create a boot environment prefixed with ``pacmanhook`` with ``zectl`` before each kernel upgrade. By default, it keeps only 1 boot environment, each kernel upgrade will overwrite previous boot environment.
```bash
$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
archzfs is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (1) linux-lts-5.4.39-1
Total Installed Size: 73.34 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: -0.01 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [------------------------] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [------------------------] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Create a boot environment
• Destroyed pacmanhook-20200512T154713
• Created pacmanhook-20200512T154826
(2/3) Removing linux initcpios...
(3/3) Remove DKMS modules
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) upgrading linux-lts [------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
...
```
### Installation
Install aur package [zectl-pacman-hook](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zectl-pacman-hook/).
### Configuration
To keep more than 1 boot environment, use:
```
zectl set pacmanhook-prunecount=5
```
Be aware of your ``/boot`` size limitation.
To know ~ max prunecount you could set, try:
```bash
boot_size=$(du /boot | awk '{print $1}')
efi_size=$(df /efi --output=avail | sed '1d')
echo "$efi_size / $boot_size" | bc
```
To disable the hook, use:
```
zectl set pacmanhook="no"
```
### Manual install
```
git clone https://github.com/eoli3n/zectl-pacman-hook
cd zectl-pacman-hook
makepkg -c
makepkg -si
```