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

[Ralf Jung <post@ralfj.de>]

Hi,

>> 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.

Interesting, and thanks for reassining.
In my case, of course, this is all but helpful - I do have a bunch of
vanilla upstream kernels installed from some recent regression test,
including some which are way newer than the current Debian kernel (hence
the weird version number). I am however actually using the latest Debian
kernel. (I don't reboot that often, but when I do, I simply pick the
right kernel manually.) Hence the hook doesn't even bother to update the
initramfs for the kernel I am actually using.

Kind regards.
Ralf