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Bug#866869: initramfs-tools(8): please document that BOOT is exposed to boot scripts

Started byGuilhem Moulin <guilhem@debian.org>
First post2018-08-07 15:10 +0200
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  Bug#866869: initramfs-tools(8): please document that BOOT is exposed to boot scripts Guilhem Moulin <guilhem@debian.org> - 2018-08-07 15:10 +0200

#61759 — Bug#866869: initramfs-tools(8): please document that BOOT is exposed to boot scripts

FromGuilhem Moulin <guilhem@debian.org>
Date2018-08-07 15:10 +0200
SubjectBug#866869: initramfs-tools(8): please document that BOOT is exposed to boot scripts
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On Sun, 02 Jul 2017 at 12:57:11 +0200, Guilhem Moulin wrote:
> Knowing the boot method can be useful at init-premount and init-bottom
> stages.
> […]
> Please document the variable if boot scripts can rely on the value of
> BOOT.  Otherwise, could you suggest an alternative to rolling out our
> own logic?

Following up on a discussion Ben and I had at DebConf18, what I need for
my use case is a way to know, at init-* stage, the boot script (local
vs. nfs) used to mount the root FS.

-- 
Guilhem.

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