maximilian attems wrote:
> latest initramfs-tools mv /etc/mkinitramfs /etc/initramfs-tools
> for better consistency. (package on mentors not yet in unstable)
>
> d-i uses in base-installer as confdir /target/etc/mkinitramfs/
> in postinst. how should the transition happen?
> could we coordinate an base-installer upload with newer
> initramfs-tools 0.61?
base-installer can be modified to write to /etc/initramfs-tools if the
directory exists and fall back to the old /etc/mkinitramfs/modules
otherwise. Here's the patch that should do that (untested):
Index: debian/postinst
===================================================================
--- debian/postinst (revision 37577)
+++ debian/postinst (working copy)
@@ -541,7 +541,12 @@
}
addmodule_initramfs_tools () {
- CFILE='/target/etc/mkinitramfs/modules'
+ if [ -d /target/etc/initramfs-tools ]; then
+ CFILE='/target/etc/initramfs-tools/modules'
+ else
+ # old location
+ CFILE='/target/etc/mkinitramfs/modules'
+ fi
addmodule_easy "$1" "$2"
}
@@ -637,24 +642,8 @@
package="$generators"
fi
fi
- case "$package" in
- initramfs-tools)
- ramdiskconf=/target/etc/mkinitramfs/initramfs.conf
- ;;
- yaird)
- ramdiskconf=
- ;;
- "")
- : # Allow to fall back to initrd-tools for Sarge installations
- ;;
- *)
- db_subst base-installer/initramfs/unsupported GENERATOR "$package"
- exit_error base-installer/initramfs/unsupported
- ;;
- esac
else
package=initrd-tools
- ramdiskconf=/target/etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf
fi
# Sarge does not have any initramfs generators, though custom images may
@@ -663,7 +652,6 @@
info "$package not available; falling back to initrd-tools."
do_initramfs=no
package=initrd-tools
- ramdiskconf=/target/etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf
else
# We can only get here if $do_initramfs=yes
exit_error base-installer/initramfs/no-generator
@@ -681,6 +669,28 @@
db_subst base-installer/kernel/failed-package-install PACKAGE "$package"
exit_error base-installer/kernel/failed-package-install
fi
+
+ # Figure out how to configure the ramdisk creation tool.
+ case "$package" in
+ initramfs-tools)
+ ramdiskconf=/target/etc/mkinitramfs/initramfs.conf
+ ;;
+ yaird)
+ ramdiskconf=
+ ;;
+ initrd-tools)
+ if [ -d /target/etc/initramfs-tools ]; then
+ ramdiskconf=/target/etc/initramfs-tools/mkinitrd.conf
+ else
+ # old location
+ ramdiskconf=/target/etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf
+ fi
+ ;;
+ *)
+ db_subst base-installer/initramfs/unsupported GENERATOR "$package"
+ exit_error base-installer/initramfs/unsupported
+ ;;
+ esac
# Add modules that have been queued for inclusion in the initrd
FIRSTMODULE=1
@@ -753,7 +763,7 @@
# Advance progress bar to 90% of allocated space for install_linux
update_progress 90 100
- # /proc/filesystems will accomodate this past the second bootup.
+ # /proc/filesystems will accomodate this when the initrd is rebuilt.
if [ "$do_initrd" = yes ] && [ "$do_initramfs" = no ]; then
sed -e 's/^ROOT=.*/ROOT=probe/' $ramdiskconf > $ramdiskconf.new &&
mv $ramdiskconf.new $ramdiskconf
Index: debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- debian/changelog (revision 37577)
+++ debian/changelog (working copy)
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
base-installer (1.58) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
- * Remove some unncessary debug logging.
+ * Remove some unncessary debug logging.
+ * Support initramfs-tools renaming its confdir by testing which directory
+ exists. Required moving some code around so it runs only after
+ initramfs-tools is installed.
- -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 24 May 2006 15:31:37 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Wed, 24 May 2006 15:38:33 -0400
base-installer (1.57) unstable; urgency=low
--
see shy jo
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature