From ef0cfffced1bbee8ae6755ddf58e478c3d8c8f05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavel Djundik <xPaw@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 18:05:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Check that `strings` exists, suggest installing `binutils`

---
 rpi-eeprom-update | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rpi-eeprom-update b/rpi-eeprom-update
index 264b8e7..72bd709 100755
--- a/rpi-eeprom-update
+++ b/rpi-eeprom-update
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ checkDependencies() {
       die "lspci not found. Try installing the pciutils package."
    fi
 
+   if ! command -v strings > /dev/null; then
+      die "strings not found. Try installing the binutils package."
+   fi
+
    # vcgencmd bootloader_version is deprecated. Use device-tree if available to
    # reduce the number of dependencies on VCHI.
    if ! [ -f "${DT_BOOTLOADER_TS}" ]; then