Current suituation - when initramfs for one semi-randomly selected linux-image package is updated, and others are not, and even administrator is not notified in any way, leads to system inconsistensy.
Which I believe is against debian quality standards. I'm forwarding this to debian-devel for futher discussion. > On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > Looks line postinst script of initramfs-tools package just runs > > 'update-initramfs -u' > > yes and it will stay like this. > > > This looks to update initramfs image for one of installed linux-image > > packages, while keeping it as-is for all other packages. This could > > lead to different sorts of inconsistency. > > > > E.g. on one of systems, I have linux-image-2.6.18-2-xen-k7 and > > linux-image-2.6.18-2-k7 packages installed. Normally xen version is > > running, but non-xen version is kept for the case if things will go > > wrong. > > this is a known case where the sorting gets wrong, > but power user, who have several kernels installed can > take care of that. > > > So what is stated in the man page ('update-initramfs -u updates > > the initramfs of the newest kernel') is not true. 2.6.18-2-xen-k7 *is* > > newest, but it's initramfs image is not updated. > > I think that '-u' whthout '-k' in it's current implementation does not > > make sence at all, because aclually it updates initramfs of > > semi-random kernel. > > just if you install several kernels of the same version, > than it picks the image on alphabetical order. > > > I thinks that tho things should be done > > - postinst should be changed either to call 'update-initramfs -u -k > > all', or to ask somehow what images should be updated, > > - update-initramfs should be modified either to require -k, or to use > > better logic to find out what kernel image is the 'latest'. > > the sorting algorythm could be refined, > but needs to take into account that the current running > is not the latest.. > postetch material anyway.
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