Building a mod/update package

boriar · 02-05-2015, 02:34 AM

I want to know if there's some kind of tutorial to build a package to instal mods to Kobo device.
I'm try to program my utilities but sometimes they works and other bricks the boot. I use now 7zip but the problems remain.
Can someone enlighten me?

tshering · 02-05-2015, 05:13 PM

Since you build your packages with 7-zip under Windows, permissions should not be the problem, but you can check the permissions with the 7-zip filemanager, or on command line:

Code:

7z.exe l -slt KoboRoot.tar

(This is a lowercase L after 7z.exe)
But I think it is more likely that the content of your package breaks the boot. One likely cause is Windows style end of line format, the other is syntax errors in scripts, especially in rcS.

boriar · 02-05-2015, 06:06 PM

Thanks. I will try

hawhill · 02-06-2015, 05:10 AM

If you have your update put a broken file into the boot process, boot process will break. So don't make mistakes when editing /etc/rcS. Or just don't edit it. There are nice launchers like KSM already, no need to further mess with the boot process.

02-05-2015, 02:34 AM	#1
boriar Evangelist Posts: 407 Karma: 314204 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: bq Avant XL, Kobo Aura H2O, Onyx Boox M96C Plus	Building a mod/update package I want to know if there's some kind of tutorial to build a package to instal mods to Kobo device. I'm try to program my utilities but sometimes they works and other bricks the boot. I use now 7zip but the problems remain. Can someone enlighten me?

02-05-2015, 05:13 PM	#2
tshering Wizard Posts: 3,489 Karma: 2914715 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: kobo touch	Since you build your packages with 7-zip under Windows, permissions should not be the problem, but you can check the permissions with the 7-zip filemanager, or on command line: Code: 7z.exe l -slt KoboRoot.tar (This is a lowercase L after 7z.exe) But I think it is more likely that the content of your package breaks the boot. One likely cause is Windows style end of line format, the other is syntax errors in scripts, especially in rcS. Last edited by tshering; 02-06-2015 at 05:19 AM.

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02-05-2015, 06:06 PM	#3
boriar Evangelist Posts: 407 Karma: 314204 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: bq Avant XL, Kobo Aura H2O, Onyx Boox M96C Plus	Thanks. I will try

02-06-2015, 05:10 AM	#4
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	If you have your update put a broken file into the boot process, boot process will break. So don't make mistakes when editing /etc/rcS. Or just don't edit it. There are nice launchers like KSM already, no need to further mess with the boot process.

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