On 14.01.2011 14:51, maximilian attems wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 02:47:54PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >> On 14.01.2011 14:39, maximilian attems wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 02:21:39PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >> >>> thanks please take a look at git initramfs-tools, it is in one of >>> those maks branches, hmm looking up -> maks/preinst_blkid >>> http://git.debian.org/?p=kernel/initramfs-tools.git;a=summary >> >> Ah cool. >> >> FWIW, I think you can drop the vol_id fallback, as the code will be only run >> on >> fresh installations anyway, but not on upgrades. >> That said, blkid worked fine for me on both lenny and squeeze. >> Do you know of cases where e2fsprogs' blkid does not work and using the old >> vol_id would be preferable? >> I also think, you don't need to run blkid *twice* and you can simply remove >> the >> "if command ..." check > > I prefer longer backward compatibility and not assume commands to be there.
Very well then. > the cost of a command call is very small as it is a shell builtin. Well, command will not check for the existence of blkid, but execute blkid, so in effect it is executed *twice*. Maybe you want something like "type blkid" instead? Anyway, do you intead to get this fix into squeeze? Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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