On 2024-11-14 10:31:46, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 11:10:54PM +0100, Iustin Pop wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 02:14:34PM +0800, kindusmith wrote: > > > > In early Unix, boot and vmunix were both stored in the root directory as > > > > programs, and boot was used to start vmunix. Debian inherited this for > > > > compatibility, but the situation has changed a lot. Today, boot is > > > > stored in the root directory as a directory, which already contains the > > > > kernel files vmlinuz and initramfs. Therefore, it makes no sense to link > > > > vmlinuz and initamfs to the root directory, so the best way is to remove > > > > them from the root directory. > > > > > > You may alter /etc/kernel-img.conf however you wish. > > > > The question is why on a default install with grub, which doesn't need > > nor use the symlinks, are they still created. For most systems, they're > > superfluous. > > I don't believe that actually was the question. In fact, I don't think there > was a question at all, merely a comment to which I added some additional > information.
Indeed. But even the comment, by itself, I think raises a question - why do we (still) do this? > If you wish to influence how things are done, try filing a bug on linux-base > asking for the defaults to change. I would guess that most people that don't > obsess over the results of ls / simply don't care. True :) But like the original poster, it does bother me, so I'll see if there is a bug filled already. Thanks! iustin
