thanks for your quick response. On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 04:33:07PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > >> Aren't /usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf.d/ and/or > >> /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/ already such "specific config dir"? > > > no they got source inside the initramfs on boot time, > > Ah yeah, right. > > > what you want is a conf dir for build specific package specific > > settings. > > Actually, if we look at the details, I'm not sure the loopaes-utils > package should unconditionally set the umask of initramfs-tools, as > a significant portion of the users may have the package installed, > but not an encrypted _root_ filesystem. So in the best case, we would > want the loopaes hooks to be able to decide whether they touch the > umask or not at runtime (runtime = building the initramfs), but this > seems difficult at best. So, I suppose that the next best thing would > be to give the _administrator_ a way to change the umask. But that's > up to the maintainer of loopaes-utils, naturally. > > Max Vozeler? An opinion on that?
well i need anyway an mkinitramfs.d dir that allows to set packages what they need on the initramfs aka BUSYBOX=y or UMASK=777 or whatever, i haven't yet come up with a good simple name, with hooks or conf inside of it, as hooks are clearly only for build time. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
