On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:48:50 -0400 (EDT), briand wrote: > On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:25:49 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >> This file is classified as a "configuration file", >> and therefore user modifications >> to it are preserved. > > except that I didn't modify it, so it should have been overwritten with > a file which would have allowed lilo to run. > > I seem to remember being asked if I wanted config files overwritten > when they are found to differ from what the package wants to install.
Two things are relevant here: (1) /etc/kernel-img.conf does not belong to *any* package. It is a *system-wide* configuration file that affects the installation of kernel image packages, but it does not belong to *any* package. Therefore, it cannot be *replaced* by installing a package. There is a package that is intended for use by those who wish to create their own custom kernel image packages. It is called kernel-package. And it contains a *sample file* in the format of /etc/kernel-img.conf. It is called /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/examples/sample.kernel-img.conf. But the sample file and the configuration file are two different things. Installing kernel-package will not replace /etc/kernel-img.conf. kernel-package also contains a "man page" for kernel-img.conf, but it only documents those options used by the maintainer scripts which get packaged with kernel image packages created by make-kpkg. There are other options which are used by the maintainer scripts that are packaged with official Debian stock kernels that are not documented in this man page. And most people don't have kernel-package installed anyway. Unless you're building your own custom kernels, you don't need it. (2) *You* didn't modify /etc/kernel-img.conf; but the *Debian installer*, on your behalf, *did* modify it during installation when it selected grub as the bootloader. Changing boot loaders after installation often requires manually editing this file. If there is a bug, it would be that there is no documentation for the official version of /etc/kernel-img.conf, or that /etc/kernel-img.conf does not belong to a package, or both. But as for it's operation, it is working as designed. -- .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1640053366.306851270045382510.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
