Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: debianut...@packages.debian.org, Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net>
Control: affects -1 + src:debianutils
User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org
Usertags: unblock
I'm requesting pre-approval for an update to debianutils.
[ Reason ]
Change the installkernel command (used by the kernel's "make install"
target) to support hooks under /usr/share/kernel/postinst.d.
[ Impact ]
Support for kernel installation and removal hooks under
/usr/share/kernel (as well as the currently supported /etc/kernel) has
been implemented in the upstream kernel ("make deb-pkg" target) and
linux-base. However, the "make install" target runs the installkernel
command which currently runs hooks in /etc/kernel/postinst.d only.
If we don't include this in trixie then nothing will be able to depend
on it until forky+1.
[ Tests ]
I manually tested running "make install" with various combinations of
hook scripts.
[ Risks ]
This is essentially the same as what the other implementations do, but
even simpler because it doesn't need to work with older versions of
run-parts (as it is in the same package). There is also a autopkgtest
for run-parts that covers exactly what installkernel will do. So I
think the risk here is very low.
[ Checklist ]
[X] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
[X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
[X] attach debdiff against the package in testing
[ Other info ]
unblock debianutils/5.23
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 872c4c6..560c98c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+debianutils (5.23) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+ * installkernel: Add support for hooks under /usr/share/kernel/postinst.d
+ (Closes: #1107113)
+
+ -- Ben Hutchings <b...@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2025 20:17:41 +0200
+
debianutils (5.22) unstable; urgency=medium
[Bastian Blank]
diff --git a/installkernel b/installkernel
index 7e65405..199663c 100644
--- a/installkernel
+++ b/installkernel
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ fi
if [ "$dir" = "/boot" ]; then
PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin" \
run-parts --verbose --exit-on-error --arg="$ver"
--arg="$dir/$img_dest-$ver" \
- /etc/kernel/postinst.d
+ /etc/kernel/postinst.d /usr/share/kernel/postinst.d
fi
exit 0
