Bug#526640: Please try to keep the number of flashes minimal
* Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> [2009-05-04 15:44]:
> * Current linux-kernel postinst runs initramfs-tools -c, which
> does not involve triggers, and also does not run flash-kernel.
> So it generates an initramfs that never gets used, but the old
> one in flash should keep working.
This doesn't seem great to me. It means when you install a kernel
version (e.g. 2.6.29 -> 2.6.30) that the new version is not written to
flash. maks, why does -c not run run_bootloader?
Example:
# dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.30-rc8-kirkwood_2.6.30~rc8-1~experimental.1_arm
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.30-rc8-kirkwood.
(Reading database ... 18471 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.30-rc8-kirkwood (from linux-image-2.6.30-rc8-kirkwood_2.6.30~rc8-1~experimental.1_armel.deb) ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.30-rc8-kirkwood (2.6.30~rc8-1~experimental.1) ...
Running depmod.
Running update-initramfs.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-rc8-kirkwood
W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
debian:~#
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