Hello, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote on 2010-06-19 03:55: > However, given that route B is present in both lenny and squeeze (and > even in etch, I think) there is no good reason for packages not to rely > on it now. (Well, except lack of documentation.) All boot loader > packages that fall into case 1 or 2 should be installing hook scripts, > but currently only extlinux does. I intend to remove the vestigial code > for route A, and file bugs on all boot loaders in case 1 or 2 that do > not use route B. It seems this is the first step for optimizing lilo. I have checked the sources for extlinux (package syslinux) and the scripts appears to be simple. > In case 1, the boot loader should also be called by update-initramfs > when it is called outside of kernel package installation and removal. > This is normally covered by route D, but this seems a little fragile. I I have tested this behaviour with a hook script for update-initramfs. There is still a problem: Until now in the script is a check about which bootloader is active. Only if no grub is installed then the script starts lilo after install/update/remove of initrd's. But this feature shall go away and then a hook script for update-initramfs is a good solution (in /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/). Over all - thanks for you very detailed information. Now I think the lilo package can better maintained again. Have a nice day, Joachim (Germany)
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