Bug#358397: initramfs-tools: Fails to install

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>]

Hi folks,

        I have to modify my initial bug report: initramfs-tools did
 not actually attempt to take over  a yaird generated ramfs.

        Normally, on this machine, I need yaird generated initramfs,
 but had not set yaird as the default, since I had no other ramdisk
 generator. The sequence of events was this:

 a) I install initramfs-tools
 b) I compile and install a new kernel-image -- and yaird does not
    run, but I fail to notice.
 c) I run aptitude upgrade
 d) I notice initramfs trying to regenerate my initrd, and failing. 
 e) I use yaird to generate an initrd, just to be safe, not noticing
    that it had really been previously created by  initramfs-tools

        However, I still think that a ramdisk compiler automatically,
 and without any notice or question, overwriting something as critical
 as a booting mechanism, is a grave bug: the human needs to be kept in
 the loop.

        manoj
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