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Bug#626217: Default /etc/kernel-img.conf should have do_symlinks=no; nothing needs those links now



Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> (2014-02-25):
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 05:10:42PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > I haven't done anything about this and don't expect to do so any
> > time soon.

Alright, thanks for the update.

> > I think the GRUB maintainers are hoping to be able to support ~all
> > our Linux architectures, so we may at some point be able to stop
> > supporting direct loading of the kernel by the stupider
> > boot-loaders.  We're not there yet, though.
> 
> Do the different architectures use different pre-seeds, or different
> base-installer configurations?  Might it be possible to keep
> do_symlinks=yes on architectures where the bootloader requires the
> symlinks, while eliminating it on the architectures that no longer
> need that?

See install_kernel_* in library.sh; I'm not very keen on adding
complexity just for cosmetic reasons.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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