On Tue, 2016-02-16 at 20:40 -0800, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > reassign 795139 linux > thanks > > * Anders Andersson <[email protected]> [2015-08-11 00:05]: > > This is a bug so minor, that I am embarassed to report it. It has, however, > > bugged me for some time now. After a fresh install of debian jessie, the > > softlinks from /initrd.img and /vmlinuz points to different locations: > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Aug 10 22:20 initrd.img -> > > /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Aug 10 22:20 vmlinuz -> > > boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64 > > > > Notice how one is to "/boot" (absolute path) and one is to "boot" (relative > > path). > > I believe this is because one is generated by the kernel and one by > initramfs-tools. I'm reassiging the bug to the kernel so someone > can comment. [...]
Both symlinks are created by the kernel postinst scripts. I'm
intending to move that functionality to linux-base, at which point I'll
rewrite it completely because the current code is unsalvageable.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
Lowery's Law:
If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
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