> On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 07:32:45PM +0200, Tim Dijkstra (tdykstra) wrote: >> >> I created a patch to ask a debconf question (medium priority) if >> update-initramfs should update all initramfs or not. The idea is that >> other packages (like my uswsusp package) should check this question too. >> >> This way we can make both the people that want to keep old initramfses >> around and the people that want an up-to-date initramfs for several >> versions happy at the same time. >> >> grts Tim > > big no: Hi Maks, I guess you followed the discussion on the d-d mailing list about this issue. Imho it actually makes sense, to have a consistent update-initramfs-behaviour between all packages modifying the initramfs. Tim's proposal is not that bad either imho: > useless debconf proliferation is bad. This debconf message would only be within update-initramfs. Other packages using initramfs-tools would only *read* the debconf setting. So talking about debconf proliferation is a mild exaggeration. You could also achieve the same via a setting in a configuration file but using debconf is more userfriendly. > second if you want to update all initramfs it is easy to do so. Sure it is. But the point is to have a consistent behaviour between all packages modifying the initramfs. Having one package use "-k all" (as madm already does) defeats the idea of having a backup initramfs. > third this does not belong to initramfs-tools at all. Sure it does. initramfs-tools should be the package which defines the default behaviour of update-initramfs. Other packages should *not* modify this setting but only read it. Cheers, Michael
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