Bug#972678: initramfs-tools: bad error message when zstd requested but not installed

To: Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org>
Cc: 972678@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#972678: initramfs-tools: bad error message when zstd requested but not installed
From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 18:58:21 +0800
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Reply-to: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>, 972678@bugs.debian.org
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update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.16.0-6-amd64
W: No zstd in /usr/bin:/sbin:/bin, using gzip

Shouldn't it just not remind the user?

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- Bug#972678: initramfs-tools: bad error message when zstd requested but not installed
  - From: Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org>

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- Bug#972678: initramfs-tools: bad error message when zstd requested but not installed
  - From: Diederik de Haas <didi.debian@cknow.org>