[Bug 2039468] Re: flash-kernel can't be properly disabled

[Juerg Haefliger]

I just want to disable flash-kernel manually as I'm testing/installing
different kernels and don't want it to run after every package
installation.

The man page says I can do that but the code won't let me, so it's
broken. Looking at the code, it does the correct thing if env variable
FK_MACHINE == none so should also exit 0 after echo none > /etc/flash-
kernel/machine.

I've opened this but it probably doesn't go anywhere:
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/flash-kernel/-/merge_requests/51

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Title:
  flash-kernel can't be properly disabled

Status in flash-kernel package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Per the man page:

  /etc/flash-kernel/machine
    If  present this can be used to override the machine autodetection. The contents must be a
    string which matches an entry in the database. Or `none' to disable flash-kernel.

  However, if that file contains 'none, flash-kernel bombs out with a
  non-0 exit status:

  $ cat /etc/flash-kernel/machine 
  none

  $ sudo flash-kernel 
  Unsupported platform 'none'.
  $ echo $?
  1

  If disabled, the exit status should be 0. Otherwise installation of
  packages that call flash-kernel in a postinst hook will fail.

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