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Bug#349123: Is mkvmlinuz a ramdisk creator?



On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 10:35:43AM +0100, Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi,

> Paul TBBle Hampson wrote:

> >Reading the manpage of mkvmlinuz indicates it can _include_ an initrd in
> >its output, but doesn't indicate it can assemble a ramdisk from scripts
> >+ modules + fairy dust. (Or whatever it is they use...)

> Yes, that was badly worded. If it is rightfully not detected as a
> ramdisk creator because it isn't one, then the problem of not
> depending on one still remains, however.

Ah, I apologise. I did indeed read that in the way that made it a
nonbug, and now that I look, it is indeed missing the depends on a
ramdisk tool.

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