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

Mauro Santos registo.mailling at gmail.com
Thu May 19 13:36:06 UTC 2016


On 19-05-2016 13:33, Doug Newgard wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2016 13:13:51 +0100
> Mauro Santos <registo.mailling at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 19-05-2016 00:20, Sébastien Luttringer wrote:
>>> 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.  
>>
>> Not sure triggering grub update automagically is a good idea, I maintain
>> grub.cfg myself and I'm sure more people do the same.
>>
>> I'd guess everyone that maintains their own grub.cfg would really
>> appreciate not having a bad surprise after a kernel update.
>>
> 
> I don't think he means as part of a package, but as something that the sysadmin
> sets up. It's just an example of how ordering hooks can be helpful.
> 

The way the sentence was worded I understood that in the future it could
possibly be implemented as part of a package and raised the concern.
When given as an example, it's a perfectly reasonable example of what a
sysadmin might want to order properly :)

Sorry for the noise.

-- 
Mauro Santos


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