Re: Bug#23143: make-kpkg fails on Alpha
Hi,
>>"Nikita" == Nikita Schmidt <cetus@snowball.ucd.ie> writes:
>> Well, let me know. Would be nice if symlinks were resolved,
>> would save me some coding. In the meanwhile, I can make sure the
>> correct commands are generated for the alpha, and that we move the
>> correct file into /boot; it shall be called /boot/vmlinuz-VERSION for
>> consistency.
Nikita> No objections; however, there is another consistency to
Nikita> consider: vmlinuz (if I remember correctly) is a
Nikita> self-unpacking kernel image, while alpha's vmlinux.gz is a
Nikita> normal gzipped file. Even if MILO looks at the magic number,
Nikita> people still prefer file name suffices. Knowing that, say,
Nikita> vmlinux-VERSION.gz is a real gzipped file may potentially be
Nikita> helpful. That is, there is actually a choice which
Nikita> consistency to break.
Fair enough. What do people think? I can still call it
/boot/vmlinux-VERSION.gz, though that would mean more changes to the
kernel-image postinst, but I have to modify the postinst anyway. If
the general consensus is that people prefer the .gz prefix, I shall
make it so.
manoj
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