[U-Boot-Users] auto-save environment if using default environment?

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <873aqedcak.fsf at denx.de> you wrote:
> 
> AFAIK there is currently no way to check this from the U-Boot
> shell. Nevertheless I think that would be the way to go instead of
> hard-coding this. How about setting an environment variable like
> "env_default" if the default environment is used? That way scripts can
> be used to run saveenv but could also do more complex initialization.

There are certain things  I  recommend  never  to  do  automatically.
Erasing  and  overwriting  vital  parts of the flash belong to these.
Don't do it. Leave the decision when and how  often  to  do  that  to
something that claims to have a brain.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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