reassign 493863 initramfs-tools retilte 493863 update-initramfs follows symlink before searching for newest kernel stop
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 08:34:26PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > maximilian attems schrieb am Sonntag, dem 29. März 2009: > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 08:25:46PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > > maximilian attems schrieb am Sonntag, dem 29. März 2009: > > > > > > > > It didn't update the newest initramfs - for 2.6.24. It updated the > > > > > one > > > > > it was running at the time - 2.6.18. > > > > > > > > sure you had the initrd symlink pointing to that one. > > > > so it got attributed as the newest. > > > > > > I don't have symlinks. > > > > please post on that box output of > > sh -x update-initramfs -u > > Ah. there were symlinks in / - tho they were never ever used on this > system. > > Seems pretty broken to rely on symlinks that might (and are) years out > of date. has been such since version 0.65, where i changed to first use the link then a heuristic for the newest image and afterwards only the current kernel (which was first before). as this symlink usage should be phased out i agree with you that an update-initramfs -u call should try for highest version first before falling back to the linked one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
