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Bug#364301: initramfs-tools: Please show what is being done on upgrades



Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.60

Something I find extremely annoying at the moment is that initramfs-tools 
is silent when it generates an initrd during upgrade of, for example, 
udev.

What I get on e.g. my sparc is:
   Setting up udev (0.090-1) ...
   Installing new version of config file /etc/udev/permissions.rules ...
and then it just sits there for 2 minutes or so.

Two minutes to install a new version of a config file? No, of course not, 
a new initrd is being generated, but initramfs-tools just does not tell 
us so...

I also think it is important to be more verbose about it because that 
would let users know _which_ initrd (or initrds) have been regenerated. 
If the user has other kernels on the system besides the running one, he 
may want to regenerate those too.

At the moment though, he doesn't get a clue about what is and (maybe even 
more importantly) what isn't being done.

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