On Sun, 17 May 2015 16:02:08 +0200 Ralf Jung <p...@ralfj.de> wrote: > Hi, > > >> when the package firmware-linux-nonfree is installed, it triggers the hook > >> of the initramdisk > >> package. I conclude that some firmware may be needed by the initramfs > >> (which makes sense to me), > >> and hence it is important to keep the initramfs up-to-date as firmware is > >> updated. > >> > >> However, only the initramdisk of the latest installed kernel is actually > >> rebuilt: > > [...] > > > > This is controlled by initramfs-tools and it is intentional. I don't > > know what the reasoning is, though. > > Interesting, and thanks for reassining. > In my case, of course, this is all but helpful - I do have a bunch of > vanilla upstream kernels installed from some recent regression test, > including some which are way newer than the current Debian kernel (hence > the weird version number). I am however actually using the latest Debian > kernel. (I don't reboot that often, but when I do, I simply pick the > right kernel manually.) Hence the hook doesn't even bother to update the > initramfs for the kernel I am actually using.
update-initramfs.conf(5) documents how to change this behaviour. I will consider changing the default, but this would have to be done only if we also create backups by default. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Quantity is no substitute for quality, but it's the only one we've got.
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