Bug#806688: linux: create /vmlinux.<platform> symlinks

[Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net>]

Source: linux
Version: 4.2.6-1
Severity: wishlist


Hey.

Not sure if linux is the right source package for this...
In several circumstances it would be handy, if there were
/vmlinux.<platform> and /initrd.img.<platform> symlinks
where each of them points to the most recent installed
kernel/initramfs of the respective platform.

All the kernel binary packages seem to have the platform
already appeneded, e.g. -586, 686-pae, -amd64, s390x and so
on.

Typical use case would be anything where one wants to
get a (ideally the most recent) kernel of a certain platform,
e.g. when doing scripting and kexec... or constructing
boot loader entries for external devices (e.g. USB sticks)
which are not necessary plugged to scan for the actually
available versions.


Cheers,
Chris.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)