commit: 2f0bf0f10c3c3dd34fdcc3089659ade0691bfcb6 Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Mon Jan 29 11:02:27 2024 +0000 Commit: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Mon Jan 29 11:03:53 2024 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=2f0bf0f1
2024-01-18-installkernel-merge: clarify dracut flag https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8814851.html Signed-off-by: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo.org> .../2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt b/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt index 568ce14..f366180 100644 --- a/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt +++ b/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Title: Merging of installkernel-gentoo and installkernel-systemd Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerl...@gentoo.org> Posted: 2024-01-18 -Revision: 4 +Revision: 5 News-Item-Format: 2.0 Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo @@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ Users who are using the distribution kernels (i.e. gentoo-kernel(-bin)) should enable the "dracut" USE flag on installkernel as well to pull in and enable the dracut initramfs generator. This is enforced by portage. +Note that the automagic behaviour of the dracut kernel-install plugin is +removed in sys-kernel/installkernel. Users who rely on the dracut plugin +automatically generating an initramfs when installing the kernel must +enable the "dracut" USE flag to retain this behaviour. + The upgrade path is enforced by sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd-4, which is just a wrapper pulling in >=sys-kernel/installkernel-14 with the "systemd" flag enabled. sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd may be removed after installing
