base-files: add a hint in sysupgrade that shows what to do when the image metadata...

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>

diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/fwtool.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/fwtool.sh
index 984c173097e3882e791ecdc5008a46943a128f45..49f02b7bd9ed735a43a487ea2d7d306a604be6c0 100644 (file)
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/fwtool.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/upgrade/fwtool.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ fwtool_check_image() {
 
        if ! fwtool -q -i /tmp/sysupgrade.meta "$1"; then
                echo "Image metadata not found"
+               [ "$REQUIRE_IMAGE_METADATA" = 1 -a "$FORCE" != 1 ] && {
+                       echo "Use sysupgrade -F to override this check when downgrading or flashing to vendor firmware"
+               }
                [ "$REQUIRE_IMAGE_METADATA" = 1 ] && return 1
                return 0
        fi