[arch-general] initramfs: execute own script

Enrico Carlesso enrico at ecarlesso.org
Fri Jan 22 11:53:29 EST 2010


On 01/22/2010 05:21 PM, Aaron Griffin wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Jim Pryor
> <lists+arch-general at jimpryor.net>  wrote:
>    
>> Also, Arch is in the process of moving to a different initcpio system.
>> It's not in any of the repos yet, but is in the pipeline. I haven't
>> fully understood what the changes will be. I think they're getting rid
>> of the use of klibc.
>>      
> Yeah, we're killing off klibc, as it's largely unmaintained. We're
> switching to actually using glibc and busybox. This comes at a size
> cost, but adds convenience and won't be too noticeable in terms of
> speed.
>
> We'll also gain improved filesystem detection and a better rescue shell.
>
> mkinitcpio, including the hooks/install pairs will remain as is, so
> the instructions provided in this thread will still work fine.
>
>    
Wow... That rocks!

Any supposed date?

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