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Bug#785526: firmware-linux-nonfree: initramfs trigger only rebuilds initdisk of latest kernel



Control: reassign -1 initramfs-tools

On Sun, 2015-05-17 at 14:50 +0200, Ralf Jung wrote:
> Package: firmware-linux-nonfree
> Version: 0.44
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> when the package firmware-linux-nonfree is installed, it triggers the hook of the initramdisk
> package. I conclude that some firmware may be needed by the initramfs (which makes sense to me),
> and hence it is important to keep the initramfs up-to-date as firmware is updated.
> 
> However, only the initramdisk of the latest installed kernel is actually rebuilt:
[...]

This is controlled by initramfs-tools and it is intentional.  I don't
know what the reasoning is, though.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
compatible: Gracefully accepts erroneous data from any source

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