buendia-update doesn't work reliably

[zestyping]

I've tried installing software updates via USB stick and they don't seem to take. We need to exercise this a bit and see what needs to be ironed out.

[schuyler]

@zestyping Do we have any bundle files that have failed installation?

[schuyler]

Also, did the the target system have buendia-pkgserver installed?

[zestyping]

In the case I recall, buendia-pkgserver was installed, and the log showed that it was running, but the update process got stuck. Beyond that my memory isn't clear (apologies); I remember observing the following but I don't remember in what combination they occurred:

• The package I wanted to update wasn't updated because it wasn't listed in packages.list.d
• apt was wedged and refused to proceed
• The system rebooted to install and something in the update failed during startup

I believe some of my fixes to buendia-pkgserver-import happened after this, so some things may be fixed. For example, I specifically recall that the copying of APKs to the package server didn't work, and I fixed that part and now they appear to work properly.

I think it would be sufficient to set up a NUC (or next best, a VM) and exercise the update function a few times—try updating a few packages, including ones that have dependencies on other packages, and see what happens. If it works consistently for you, it's fine to close this issue.