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Bug#845039: initramfs-tools: default path to initrd



Control: severity -1 wishlist
Control: tag -1 - d-i
Control: tag -1 moreinfo

On Sat, 2016-11-19 at 20:18 +0200, icegood wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.120+deb8u2
> Severity: important
> Tags: d-i
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> i've installed my kernel files to different location, e.g. /boot/debian. But i found a problem that
> dpkg-reconfigure initramfs-tools doesn't allow me to change this path. So i've updated
> /usr/sbin/update-initrams manually. Namely, despite BOOTDIR is defined there
> not all lines depend on it. Some of them depend on /boot/initrd...explicitly.  And I also updated 
> ${STATEDIR}/${version} file. Please, apply appropriate settings to be able to do those things via dpkg-reconfigure.

Boot loaders packaged for Debian expect kernel images and initramfs
files to be created directly in /boot.  Why does this system need to be
configured differently?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Lowery's Law:
             If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing
anyway.

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