[arch-general] initramfs: execute own script

Alexander Duscheleit jinks at archlinux.us
Sat Jan 23 05:39:57 EST 2010


On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:25:16 -0600
Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Did you mean ulibc? 
> No, not uClibc either. We're actually using glibc itself. Other
> distros do this as well, as it DOES add a lot of flexibility

Just out of curiosity. Was eglibc considered? Why? Why not?

I can see, that maintaing just another libc only for minor
space benefits in a short-lived initrd doesn't make a lot of sense, but
Debian seems to think, that it could even be an all-out replacement for
glibc in general.

	Jinks


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