this check is superflous and looking for wrong path.
As we depend on an initramfs generator the failure of generating
would have happened already earlier.
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=17459
Warn users that specify one in /etc/kernel-img.conf.
Require initramfs-tools >= 0.99, which does not depend on being directly
invoked.
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=17424
initramfs-tools still assumes that official kernel packages will call
it specifically and does nothing in the postinst hook if it recognises
that it has been called by an official package. Therefore we cannot
make this change yet.
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=16981
Warn users that specify one in /etc/kernel-img.conf.
Require initramfs-tools >= 0.94, which installs a postinst hook.
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=16958
Warn users on upgrade if the current configuration may rely on this.
The debconf templates will need a translation update.
svn path=/dists/sid/linux-2.6/; revision=15990
Instead of setting an empty value, then fixing that to 'vmlinuz', set
the correct value to start with and remove the install-time fixups.
svn path=/dists/sid/linux-2.6/; revision=15890
there wasnt much point in writing an empty file with comments anyway.
linux-2.6 images should now be piuparts clean on most archs.
this is a tamed down version of the orginal proposal to get
it rid everywhere:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2009/11/msg00328.html
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=15173
we don't want to tell users to install it.
as it is only useful for dev usage simply don't recommend it.
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=15149
as we ship that code and already modified more then bits,
just take up responsibility. copyright is deducible from commits.
let's one jump directly to the code when opening relevant file.
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=14596
maximilian suggested to grab an axe and rip the reverse symlinks handling out.
The man page for kernel-img.conf has no reference to it anymore.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=14593
There is no /etc/kernel-img.con on a fresh debootstrap sid. Installing a
kernel leads to:
|mikejones:/var/lib# dpkg --configure -a
|Setting up linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64 (2.6.31-1) ...
|Running depmod.
|Running update-initramfs.
|update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-amd64
|Error retreiving answer for linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.31-1-amd64:
| linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.31-1-amd64 doesn't exist at
| /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64.postinst line 522, <STDIN> line 3.
|dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64 (--configure):
| subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 9
As far as I understand debconf, there must be a template and input() for
${package_name}/postinst/create-kimage-link-$version in order to get a
value saved. Since I did not find it I guess that this can't work.
If the bootloader is palo than the answer is ignored anyway so the
question is not required there.
kernel-img.conf(5) says that do_symlinks defaults to yes.
This could also fix piuparts [0].
[0] http://piuparts.debian.org/sid/fail/linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64_2.6.31-1.log
[ nuked that template in question and this is indeed the right fix
instead of reprompting user for useless questions.
Add a comment and keep current ordering. -maks ]
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
Really fix making a debian kernel installable without kernel-img.conf.
boah the code below this with reverse links must die pretty soon.
thanks for good analysis and bug report.
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=14589
nuke the preinst check if their is an initramfs,
check makes no sense as anyway around thanks to dep by linux-image
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=14293
no point in keeping code that allows to circumvent this.
cleans up preinst a lot, nuke related varialbes everywhere.
as bonus nukes in preinst an comment that seems misplaced now..
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=14030
the template is quite aged and thus we don't need to check for that.
first step in cleaning up the symlink mess.
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=14027
as we always ship an initramfs that code path,
was never executed and thus is useless for us, nuke it.
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=14018
initramfs is the default and user shouldn't be prompted for it.
nukes thus some useless templates.
also nuke do_initrd and warn_initrd variables all over the places.
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=14014
"The problem is that (a) the kernel's postinst uses debconf, which uses
stdin and stdout for communication and forbids other junk from appearing
there, and (b) the kernel's postinst calls update-initramfs, which
outputs status information to stdout which debconf thinks is a command
in its protocol and thus confuses any future real debconf commands.
Since the kernel's postinst is the thing with special requirements due
to using debconf, it should be the thing responsible for redirecting
file descriptors around as necessary." -cjwatson
svn path=/dists/sid/linux-2.6/; revision=13347
Ben Hutchings
Maximilian Attems