Re: Bug#425050: initramfs-tools: Ask if we should update all initramfses

2007-05-21 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 07:47:21PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: I'm not talking about installing multiple kernels. I'm talking about setting the wanted configuration for how multiple kernels should be handled on the installed system after the installation. And that setting would be

Re: Bug#425050: initramfs-tools: Ask if we should update all initramfses

2007-05-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Gabor Gombas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.05.19.1832 +0200]: Come on. `useless debconf proliferation'? The question has medium priority. I can also make it an configration option somewhere and use that, but it was just a convenient why to get info from a user. I'd also say a

Re: Bug#425050: initramfs-tools: Ask if we should update all initramfses

2007-05-20 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Gabor Gombas] I'd also say a debconf question is overkill. People who understand what the option means can edit a config file by hand. Remember that using debconf allow the setting to be preseeded during installation. Editing a config file by hand is less convenient for preconfigured

Re: Bug#425050: initramfs-tools: Ask if we should update all initramfses

2007-05-20 Thread David Härdeman
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:08:02AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: Anyway, I propose that update-initramfs just loses the -k switch or provides a new wrapper that packages like cryptsetup and mdadm just call without worrying whether it will update all initrds or just the current one. I

Re: Bug#425050: initramfs-tools: Ask if we should update all initramfses

2007-05-20 Thread Steve Greenland
On 20-May-07, 04:08 (CDT), martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: also sprach Gabor Gombas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.05.19.1832 +0200]: Come on. `useless debconf proliferation'? The question has medium priority. I can also make it an configration option somewhere and use that, but it

Re: Bug#425050: initramfs-tools: Ask if we should update all initramfses

2007-05-20 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 01:59:20PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Remember that using debconf allow the setting to be preseeded during installation. Editing a config file by hand is less convenient for preconfigured installations. But why would you want to install _multiple_ kernels in a

Re: Bug#425050: initramfs-tools: Ask if we should update all initramfses

2007-05-20 Thread Tim Dijkstra
Please cc: the bug report On Sun, 20 May 2007 16:35:27 +0200 David Härdeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:08:02AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: They can set their debconf priority. It's not something to avoid, adding debconf questions Anyway, I propose that

Re: Bug#425050: initramfs-tools: Ask if we should update all initramfses

2007-05-20 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 04:35:27PM +0200, David Härdeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:08:02AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: Anyway, I propose that update-initramfs just loses the -k switch or provides a new wrapper that packages like cryptsetup and mdadm just call

Re: Bug#425050: initramfs-tools: Ask if we should update all initramfses

2007-05-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Mike Hommey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.05.20.2102 +0200]: That sounds to me like addressing the wrong problem. Maybe what should be done is that update-initramfs updates *all* the images, whatever happens, but a copy of the kernel and initramfs images used to boot the system as it is

Re: Bug#425050: initramfs-tools: Ask if we should update all initramfses

2007-05-20 Thread sean finney
On Sun, 2007-05-20 at 23:06 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Mike Hommey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007.05.20.2102 +0200]: That sounds to me like addressing the wrong problem. Maybe what should be done is that update-initramfs updates *all* the images, whatever happens, but a copy of the