Re: [Fwd: Re: [DNG] FW: support for merged /usr in Debian]
Hi,
On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 04:08:53PM +0100, Iustin Pop wrote:
> On 2016-01-03 15:59:37, Svante Signell wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This message was not intended to be sent to a debian-* mailing list by
> > the author. However, since it is (in my opinion) of large interest I
> > got the permission to forward it to debian-devel. Hopefully, also some
> > of the debian-devel subscribers will appreciate it too.
>
> Wow, here I was thinking this would be some informed oppinion, but:
>
> "Oh, there are tools with which you can periscope into
> initramfs, but have you ever really looked at everything in an
> initramfs."
>
> Wait, what? Yes, I have many times unpacked the simple cpio archive that
> an iniramfs is, and I have looked at its entire contents. It's not black
> magic.
It is a bit more complicated if you use microcode updates:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=807759
but the tools to handle this are all there and in Debian.
Cheers,
-- Guido
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