On Tue, 07 Jun 2005, Alexandre SAUVE wrote:
> Hi dear initrd maintainers,
>
> I'd like to make notice of a few caveats with the
>
> /usr/sbin/mkinitrd (debian version 0.1.81.1)
>
> command.
>
>
> 1) email address in the script header
>
> does not make mention of the [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> email, so I contacted Herbert Xu which is not the maintainer for
> Debian.
fixed in svn
> 2) bug with mkinitrd & relative path
>
> I ran into trouble when using mkinitrd with relative path,
> example :
>
> mkinitrd -o ./my_file
>
> With this line the my_file is created into
>
> /tmp/mkinitrd.XXX/my_file
>
> Then gets deleted on mkinitrd exit :-( .
> It took me a while to debug and see that it's a CWD related issue.
>
> I may deliver a small patch that fix this issue (keep track of CWD)
> if you wish.
well we hope to switch soonest to initramfs,
i'm not shure there will be new uploads for etch.
>
> Thanks for your attention.
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> --
> Alexandre Sauvé
anyway thanks for your report
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maks