On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 08:58:58PM +0100, Bruno Cornec wrote:
> Ingo Schwarze said on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 08:14:33PM +0100:

> >  - While i'm not sure whether there is a standard for cpio(1)
> >    except the LSB, i consider a tool people have get used to.
> >    I use at about monthly, most often in conjunction with
> >    rpm2cpio(1).

> And initrd/initramfs is based on cpio content at least on my Mandriva
> distro.

Yes, because this is the format supported by the kernel.

Changing the LSB to tell vendors they can't rely on the availability of cpio
therefore seems pointless to me.

Bruce, is there a particular reason you expect a system that would otherwise
be LSB-compliant to not have these tools available?

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