On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 10:39 +0200, Thomas Lange wrote: > >>>>> On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:44:44 +0100, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> said: > > >> If dracut would use the same name for the initrd as initramfs-tools, > >> then there are two programs in /etc/kernel/postinst.d which would > >> write to the same file. So, IMO dracut must use another file name > >> for its initrd and the postinst of linux-image should support initrd > >> file names like initramfs...... What's your oppinion? > > > I think dracut and initramfs-tools should each conflict with > > linux-initramfs-tool. > Mmm, I think that's not possible. The linux-image package depends on > initramfs-tools or linux-initramfs-tool (see below). If dracut > conflicts with linux-initramfs-tool it can't be installed since the > linux-image package does not (yet) list dracut in its dependency > list. WTF? dracut provides linux-initramfs-tool. > Additionally initramfs-tools currently provides > linux-initramfs-tool, so why should it now conflict with it? [...] Because we don't want more than one installed. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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