Bug#555671: closed by Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> (Re: Bug#555671: linux-image-2.6.26-2-686: Conflicts: yaird (< 0.0.13) but 0.0.12-25 is to be installed)

[matthieu castet <castet.matthieu@free.fr>]

Jonas Smedegaard a écrit :
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 01:45:05AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > I don't want to install initramfs-tools because it depends on udev. 
> > > And my system which is a video recorder doesn't want/need it.
> >
> > Then you should stick with etch or build your own kernel without an
> > initramfs.  Do not ask us to support systems without udev.
>
> I do agree: despite my disagreement with max on bug#457177 and (many) 
> other issues of yaird, that does not change that Debian as a project has 
> decided to only in its current stable release have decided to only ship 
> with a single ramdisk generator - the one maintained by the Debian 
> kernel team (or a member therof), and that ramdisk generator depends on 
> udev.
>
> So I agree that this bugreport as filed is inappropriate and should stay 
> closed.
Ok, but that's weird that linux-image got yaird in depends in this case.
It should only have initramfs-tools.


Matthieu