On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 05:41:44PM +0200, intrigeri wrote: > Colin Watson wrote (23 May 2011 14:47:18 GMT) : > > + # We probably ought to use COMPRESS= in a temporary file in > > + # /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/ instead, but it's hard to > > + # pass options that way. > > If this is your only reason to decompress / recompress the ramdisks > (implicitly depending on those being compressed using gzip in the > first place), wouldn't it be better to make initramfs-tools support a > COMPRESS_OPTIONS option + indeed use its conf.d/ to set COMPRESS=, > rather than adding the same options to live-build?
It probably would, which is why I added a comment; but live-build will need it at least for a while anyway, to support older distributions. (And there isn't much difference in code size.) http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=592519 has been filed for a while requesting the change you suggest. I've CCed that bug to indicate the link. -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] -- 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/20110524163851.ge23...@riva.ucam.org
