Re: It makes no sense to link vmlinuz and initramfs to the root directory

[Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 11:10:54PM +0100, Iustin Pop wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 02:14:34PM +0800, kindusmith wrote:
> > > In early Unix, boot and vmunix were both stored in the root directory as
> > > programs, and boot was used to start vmunix. Debian inherited this for
> > > compatibility, but the situation has changed a lot. Today, boot is
> > > stored in the root directory as a directory, which already contains the
> > > kernel files vmlinuz and initramfs. Therefore, it makes no sense to link
> > > vmlinuz and initamfs to the root directory, so the best way is to remove
> > > them from the root directory.
> >
> > You may alter /etc/kernel-img.conf however you wish.
>
> The question is why on a default install with grub, which doesn't need
> nor use the symlinks, are they still created. For most systems, they're
> superfluous.

I don't believe that actually was the question. In fact, I don't think 
there was a question at all, merely a comment to which I added some 
additional information.

If you wish to influence how things are done, try filing a bug on 
linux-base asking for the defaults to change. I would guess that most 
people that don't obsess over the results of ls / simply don't care.