if tb-updater storage path for Qubes R4 DispVMs

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ID: 726
PHID: PHID-TASK-btrujgeytjcnwjonwgru
Author: Patrick
Status at Migration Time: resolved
Priority at Migration Time: Normal

Description

as per Qubes DispVM technical discussion - #58 by Patrick as reported by @entr0py

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Patrick

2017-12-04 10:35:35 UTC

How do I detect being run inside a DispVM Template? @marmarek

(How do I detect being run inside a whonix-ws-dvm Template?)

Reason:

• I would want to avoid tb-updater-first-boot to copy Tor Browser from root image’s /var/cache/tb-binary to /home/user so the DispVM’s tb-updater-first-boot will do that, rather than DispVM Template’s tb-updater-first-boot.
• Therefore upgrading whonix-ws (package tb-updater) will result in fresh Tor Browser versions in whonix-wd-dvm based DispVMs (named Disp[...]).

(systemd unit file / script)

Related:
Tor Browser Advanced Topics

Btw Whonix 14 getting close. (Postponed a few difficult tickets.) This ticket (T698) and T698 are the last two remaining ones as it looks now before a testers-only release can be made.

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Patrick

2017-12-15 18:21:43 UTC

In whonix-ws-dvm the status file /var/cache/tb-updater/first-boot-home-population.done is not persistent either.

first-boot-home-population: avoid running in Qubes DVM Template · Kicksecure/tb-updater@49a2347 · GitHub