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Bug#594189: initramfs-tools: environment variable to disable run_bootloader



* Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> [Tue Aug 24, 2010 at 11:29:47AM -0400]:
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:08:47 -0400 (EDT), Ben Hutchings wrote:

> > Report a bug on lilo; I suppose it should warn but still 'succeed' if
> > /etc/lilo.conf is missing.  elilo should do the same.  This is my bug
> > and I can fix it. :-)  No idea about zipl but I doubt you care about
> > s390 live media.

> The last time I checked, the official version of lilo in both squeeze
> and sid still did not include any hook scripts.  Joachim Wiedorn's
> latest upstream version, 23.0, does include hook scripts; but Joachim
> is not the Debian package maintainer for lilo, William Pitcock still is.
> And William's official version does not include the hook scripts.
> Therefore, opening a Debian bug report against Joachim's unofficial
> Debian package is not appropriate.  I do hope that the Technical
> Committee eventually gives control of the package to Joachim, but
> as far as I know, no decision has yet been made.  (See bug number 587886.)

,---- [ aptitude changelog lilo/unstable | head ]
| Get: Changelog of lilo
| lilo (1:22.8-8.2) unstable; urgency=high
|
|   * Non-maintainer upload.
|   * Add kernel and initramfs hook scripts to ensure lilo is reinstalled
|     whenever the kernel or initramfs is updated. (Closes: #590022)
|
|  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:25:24 +0100
|
| lilo (1:22.8-8.1) unstable; urgency=low
`----

regards,
-mika-

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