-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:15:29 +0100 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 11:46:07AM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:57:22 +0100 > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 10:56:40PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:03:59 +0100 > > > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure about the linux-initramfs-tool part of the > > > > > > dependency. > > > > > > > > > > That is a virtual package, so future ramdisk tool can satisft > > > > > the dependency, without needing to recompile the kernel. > > > > > > > > ...but still this requires manual override > > > > in /etc/kernel-img.conf. > > > > > > No, when building the kernel packages with INITRD_CMD=..., then > > > this will become the default, and can be overriden by > > > kernel-img.conf. This is instead of hardcoding the values in k-p. > > > > Yes, it _does_ require manual override in kernel-img.conf to > > actually _use_ a future ramdisk tool satisfied by the virtual > > dependency. And it seems you even agree with me (what do you mean > > by "No"?). > > Well, there are three cases : the current one where the *DEFAULT* is > hardcoded in k-p, the one i propose, where you can hardcode that in > linux-2.6, and chose to do it per arch/subarch/flavour even, and your > proposal, which is more far-ranging. > > My proposal should be a couple of lines of patch, nothing more, and > would work out of the box with k-p 10.00x, while yours, altough > nicer, needs more work and cooperation. > > The idea is to use it to remove initramfs-tools from the default list > on alpha, while not needing to conflict against initramfs-tools as it > is done now, you see, ways less ambitious than your proposal :) I am not talking about my FlexibleKernelHandling above. I am pointing out a shortcoming that I believe exist wether the paths are taken from k-p or k p. Sure I want to address this shortcoming in my FlexibleKernelHandling, but please let us not confuse this practical focus with my fluffy, vague, unchallenged idea. - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDeHZPn7DbMsAkQLgRAkogAKCTA0QpxIZwlLgw4n/LPa113xRLlACeMV4q wKQMLG8OgC1IbCIzpRstxb0= =MA94 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
