On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 01:54:56PM +0100, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > Hi, > > I'm the maintainer of uswsusp. uswsusp installs a initramfs-tools hook > and calls update-initramfs in its postinst to get installed on the > initramfs. > > Your packages (udev, cryptsetup, initramfs-tools itself) do the same. > In all cases the exact command that is called is: > > update-initramfs -u > > Which only updates the initramfs of the most recent kernel. Now I was > wondering if that would be the best thing to do. Wouldn't it be better > to use: > > update-initramfs -u -k all > > That way all installed get the most recent tools in their initramfs. > > Or am I overlooking something? > > grts Tim
the short answer is that the updating the newest initramfs is considered a polite conservative setting. it is not worth updating old kernels. for the long answer you may want to dig in d-kernel archive. best regards -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
