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Bug#383600: behaviour of update-initramfs -u has changed, only updates latest kernel initrd



Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
> * Michael Biebl [Fri, Aug 18 2006, 01:07:34PM]:
>> Eduard Bloch wrote:
>>> #include <hallo.h>
>>> * Michael Biebl [Fri, Aug 18 2006, 10:26:53AM]:
>>>> I suggest to revert to the old behaviour and make "-u" update all
>>>> installed kernels. Atm I have to specify each kernel separately vi -k to
>>>> update them all.
>>> Why should one update _all_ initramfs images when beeing interested in
>>> only single one? 
>> Why should I be only interested in only a single one? If I install e.g.
> 
> Because usualy it gets executed when you install a kernel-image package?

Just grep for update-initramfs  in /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.postinst.
I get uswsusp, cryptsetup, mdadm and udev on my machine.
They all simply call update-initramfs -u.
This means that security updates of these packages are not automatically
applied to all installed kernels which is a major security issue imho.
If you insist that update-initramfs -u only updates the latest kernel,
you should file bug reports against all packages using update-initramfs -u.

Cheers,
Michael

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