Package: s390-tools Version: 1.6.2-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The 'optional' option is currently undocumented. Please find attached a proposed patch.
-- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: s390 Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-rc5 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages s390-tools depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib s390-tools recommends no packages. s390-tools suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
--- s390-tools-1.6.2.orig/zipl/man/zipl.conf.5 +++ s390-tools-1.6.2/zipl/man/zipl.conf.5 @@ -349,6 +349,22 @@ .BR 'segment' . .PP +.B optional += +.IR 0 / 1 +(configuration only) +.IP +.B Configuration section: +.br +If this option is set to 1 the configuration section will only be included in +the boot menu if the referenced image file exists, and running +.BR zipl +will not fail if the image file is missing. + +The default value for +.B 'optional' +is 0. + .B parameters = .I kernel\-parameters