On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 08:37:52PM +0200, Jean-Michel Pouré wrote: > Dear Friends, > > We spent several hours trying to compile a fresh 2.6.30 kernel. Debian > stock kernels only provide the new firewire interface. So we compiled a > kernel with the old stack. > > It took us several hours to understand why kernel initrd was missing. > > At first I thought it was a question of static configuration of modules. > I did not look for a missing initrd, because the build scrit included > --initrd as usual. This has been the case for so many years. I don't > believe my eyes this could change. Please revert. > > I wonder how your guys can think this is a "fixed" bug or a question of > documentation. I hope you are kidding. > > Finally, I copied as proposed the following scripts: > cp /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs > /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools ; cp > /usr/share/kernel-package/examples/etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs > /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools > > For Debian sake, please include these two files into initramfs-tools. > You will save the time of hundreds of people. > > If you respect users, please do.
wining about things you don't understand helps nobody. aboves scripts are broken for official linux-2.6 images, thus totaly out of question. better complain at the kernel-package maintainer who decided this. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
