Re: initrd-tools removed from unstable
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 03:24:13PM -0800, Jeff Carr wrote:
> I just installed a new machine and noticed I couldn't apt-get
> initrd-tools. It looks like it might have been accidentally deleted by
> an automated script:
>
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/i/initrd-tools/news/20070103T061312Z.html
I'm pretty sure that this is intentional. initrd-tools are only needed
by 2.4.x kernels. Even though only 2.6 kernels are officialy
supported in etch, initrd-tools will be included in etch to make
upgrades from sarge possible (without it Bad Things (tm), like removal
of the kernel, were happening during the upgrade). There is really no
good reason to keep it in sid though, at least we didn't hear one so
far.
Best regards,
--
Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
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