On Mon, Jan 02, 2023 at 05:59:07PM +0100, mkol...@redhat.com wrote: > On Mon, 2023-01-02 at 15:42 +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 04:53:47PM +0100, Jiri Konecny wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > == Benefit to Fedora == > > > > * Better secure boot support (specifically the initrd is covered > > > > by > > > > the signature). > > > > * Better confidential computing support (measurements are much > > > > more > > > > useful if we know what hashes to expect for the initrd). > > > > * More robust boot process (generating the initrd on the > > > > installed > > > > system is fragile, root cause for kernel bugs reported is simply > > > > a > > > > broken initrd sometimes). > > > Just want to add Anaconda installation environment is also fighting > > > with the > > > second point. > > > > Third point I assume, i.e. initrd generation problems being reported > > as > > anaconda bugs? > > > > While being at it: anaconda seems to explicitly call dracut to > > generate > > the initrd (according to the messages it prints). What is the reason > > for this? Shouldn't this already happen as part of the rpm > > transaction, > > when the kernel install scripts are running? > IIRC the main reason is the esentially random package installation > order during the RPM transaction.
kernel-core scriptlets call 'kernel-install add' (which in turns calls dracut at some point) from %posttrans. So package installation order is not relevant, that all happens after all packages are in place. Maybe anaconda doesn't need to call dracut a second time. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
