On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:16:58AM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > > --- > > 1. Packages for boot loaders that need to be updated whenever the files > > they load are modified (i.e. those that store a block list) must install > > hook scripts in /etc/kernel/postinst.d and /etc/kernel/postrm.d, which > > will be called on installation/upgrade and removal of kernel packages, > > respectively. > > > > The arguments given to all kernel hook scripts are the kernel ABI > > version (the string that uname -r reports) and the absolute path to the > > kernel image. > > Currently, hook scripts invoked by a stock kernel maintainer script > or a maintainer script from a kernel image package created by make-kpkg > pass these exact same arguments.
no. > But a maintainer script for a kernel > image package created by "make deb-pkg" passes only the first argument. no. > Existing hook scripts rely on that difference to determine whether or > not to take action. For example, the initramfs hook script provided by > the initramfs-tools package tests the number of arguments and exits > without doing anything if more than one argument is supplied. In other > words, this hook script is designed to create the initial RAM file system > for a kernel image created by "make deb-pkg", and only for a kernel > image created by "make deb-pkg". It does nothing otherwise. Are you > proposing to change this behavior? please get your facts right before spamming the world. kthxbye. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100628164510.gb9...@baikonur.stro.at
