[arch-dev-public] [PATCH 1/1] move initramfs generation from install script to pacman hook

[Christian Hesse]

Sébastien Luttringer <seblu at seblu.net> on Thu, 2016/05/19 01:20:
> On mer., 2016-05-18 at 13:55 +0200, Christian Hesse wrote:
> > From: Christian Hesse <mail at eworm.de>
> > 
> >    # add vmlinux
> >    install -D -m644 vmlinux
> > "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build/vmlinux" 
> > +
> > +  # install pacman hook
> > +  install -D -m644 "${srcdir}/linux-initramfs.hook"
> > "${pkgdir}/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/linux-initramfs.hook"
> >  }
> >   
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I didn't pay much attention to this, but except dkms, hooks are not ordered.
> 
> Could we use a prefix convention to order our hooks? It's usefull to build
> modules before building initramfs and eventually run grub update at the end.
> 
> Something like:
> 
> 50-XXX.hook - order doesn't matter
> 70-dkms.hook - ootm modules build
> 80-initramfs.hook - initramfs inclusion.

+1 from me. I was about to suggest the same.

Actually we have zz-etckeeper-post-install.hook for package etckeeper to make
it run last and catch all changes in /etc... A numeric prefix would be very
useful.
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