Bug 4170

Summary: Use the fenrus updater to do binary updates for Build Appliance
Product: [Build System, Metadata & Runtime] Runtime Reporter: Cristian Iorga <cristian.iorga>
Component: build-applianceAssignee: Cristian Iorga <cristian.iorga>
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Low CC: net147, sgw
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: Future   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: Yes (doc changes required)

Description Cristian Iorga 2013-04-02 12:29:45 UTC 
Use the technology behind fenrus linux software updater in order to do updates to Build Appliance.

Updates will be done as binary diffs, which will minimize the update time and network traffic.

References:
1. http://linux.fenrus.org/
2. http://git.fenrus.org/git/?p=projects/fenrus-update-client.git;a=summary
3. http://git.fenrus.org/git/?p=projects/fenrus-update-server.git;a=summary
Comment 1 Cristian Iorga 2016-01-21 10:24:13 UTC 
fenrus updater no longer in development.
Comment 2 Cristian Iorga 2016-01-21 10:26:17 UTC 
Proposed update solution is obsolete.