Re: Processed: reassign 669342 to dracut

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 05:19:28PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> Hello Ben, Hello Thomas,
> 
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2012, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 20:57 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > > Processing commands for control@bugs.debian.org:
> > > 
> > > > # conflicting is wrong
> > > > reassign 669342 dracut
> > 
> > Why is it wrong?  They both have to use the same filenames (for
> > compatibility with boot loaders) and they must therefore conflict.
> > 
> > If you want to make them non-conflicting then we need a policy that
> > defines how boot loaders must find initrds made by different tools and
> > what they are supposed to do when they find more than one for the same
> > kernel version.  I just don't see the point though.
> 
> one could easily install in the days yaird and initramfs-tools.
> It invovled a stupid entry in /etc/kernel-img.conf.
>
> I think it should be very easy to come up with an update-alternatives
> solution, that prioritises the default. (Not Wheezy target but post
> release). If you want to try out an initramfs generator you don't
> know if it will boot, one shouldn't nuke the known working one.

Then propose a policy for this.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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