Re: [atomic-devel] catch-22: diagnostic tools on Atomic Host

[Jonathan Lebon <jlebon redhat com>]

> I'm not sure what the answer to this is; I'm reluctant to recommend
> installing a whole suite of diagnostic tools just for the case of a
> bare-metal user who has a problem.  But on the other hand, the current
> situation isn't really vialble for bare-metal users either.

There is now `ostree admin unlock` to answer this case. It
will allow you to install software using rpm, which gets
wiped out at reboot:

https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/blob/master/man/ostree-admin-unlock.xml

There is also package layering at the rpm-ostree level if
you want the tools to persist across upgrades, rebases,
etc... but it hasn't made a release yet.