Re: language of choice for k-p packaging ...
On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 11:46:07AM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
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> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:57:22 +0100
> Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
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> > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 10:56:40PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
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> > > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:03:59 +0100
> > > Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
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> > > > > I'm not sure about the linux-initramfs-tool part of the
> > > > > dependency.
> > > >
> > > > That is a virtual package, so future ramdisk tool can satisft the
> > > > dependency, without needing to recompile the kernel.
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> > > ...but still this requires manual override in /etc/kernel-img.conf.
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> > No, when building the kernel packages with INITRD_CMD=..., then this
> > will become the default, and can be overriden by kernel-img.conf.
> > This is instead of hardcoding the values in k-p.
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> Yes, it _does_ require manual override in kernel-img.conf to actually
> _use_ a future ramdisk tool satisfied by the virtual dependency. And it
> seems you even agree with me (what do you mean by "No"?).
Well, there are three cases : the current one where the *DEFAULT* is hardcoded
in k-p, the one i propose, where you can hardcode that in linux-2.6, and chose
to do it per arch/subarch/flavour even, and your proposal, which is more
far-ranging.
My proposal should be a couple of lines of patch, nothing more, and would work
out of the box with k-p 10.00x, while yours, altough nicer, needs more work
and cooperation.
The idea is to use it to remove initramfs-tools from the default list on
alpha, while not needing to conflict against initramfs-tools as it is done
now, you see, ways less ambitious than your proposal :)
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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