Bug#1135736: firmware-nonfree: suggests initramfs-tools, which is being phased out

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From	Agathe Porte <agathe.porte@oss.qualcomm.com>
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Subject	Bug#1135736: firmware-nonfree: suggests initramfs-tools, which is being phased out
Date	Tue, 05 May 2026 13:20:01 +0200
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Source: firmware-nonfree
Version: 20250410-2
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: agathe.porte@oss.qualcomm.com

Dear Maintainer,

The generated package are Suggesting initramfs-tools for all of the
binary packages. This is probably because some of them want to be
installed in the initramfs and are installing a hook for
update-initramfs.

From my understanding, since forky is going to use dracut instead of
initramfs-tools, this suggest does more harm than good. I think we
should just remove it, or maybe replace it with dracut.

Thanks,

Agathe.

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Bug#1135736: firmware-nonfree: suggests initramfs-tools, which is being phased out Agathe Porte <agathe.porte@oss.qualcomm.com> - 2026-05-05 13:20 +0200

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