Re: [DRAFT] Policy for Linux kernel, initramfs, boot loader update process

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> 2. Packages for boot loaders that need to be updated whenever the files
> they load are modified must also install hook scripts in
> /etc/mkinitramfs/post-update.d.  Initramfs builders must call these
> scripts using run-parts after they create, update or delete an
> initramfs.  The arguments given to these hook scripts are the kernel ABI
> version and the absolute path to the initramfs image.

Please rename to more generic /etc/initramfs path.
mkinitramfs is initramfs-tools specific.
otherwise ack.
 
> 3. Initramfs builders must complete their work before returning from the
> kernel postinst hook script.  [initramfs-tools currently uses a trigger
> to defer this because it can also be invoked twice, but this means it
> also has to know how to update specific boot loaders.]

not twice but multiple times, if you upgrade together for example
udev, lvm2, cryptsetup, mdadm and linux-2.6.
 
> 4. During a kernel package installation, upgrade or removal, various
> boot loader hooks may be invoked (in this order):
> 
> a. A postinst_hook or postrm_hook command set by the user or the
>    installer in /etc/kernel-img.conf
> b. A hook script in /etc/mkinitramfs/post-update.d
> c. A hook script in /etc/kernel/postinst.d or .../postrm.d
> 
> To avoid unnecessary updates, the hooks invoked at step a and b may
> check whether $DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE begins with 'linux-image-' and
> do nothing in this case.  [Is this sensible or is it too 'clever'?]

what is the intent of that point?
sorry you lost me here.
 
> 5. Kernel and initramfs builder packages must not invoke boot loaders
> except via hooks.  If /etc/kernel-img.conf contains an explicit
> 'do_bootloader = yes', kernel package maintainer scripts should warn
> that this is now ignored.

for backward compat and upgrade purpose from lenny,
I think the must is wrong.
 
> 6. The installer must not define do_bootloader, postinst_hook or
> postrm_hook in /etc/kernel-img.conf.
> ---

thanks

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maks