Bug#586363: initramfs-tools: initramfs for the wrong kernel is updated
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> On 19 June 2010 15:23, maximilian attems <max@stro.at> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 03:17:20PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> >> Why is sorting code required?
> >
> > dpkg --compare-versions does sort rc images before non rc ones.
> > as mentioned in the manpages initramfs-tools updates the "newest" one.
> >
> > here the assumption is that rc is newer then not rc, which is wrong.
> > but rc admin should be smart enough to kick rc once the real is out.
> >
>
> So the issue is that it updates the newest kernel, not the running
> kernel if that is different.
please explain why it should update the running one?
this makes zero sense for the most usual case of newer
linux-2.6 installed but not yet rebooted.
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