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Bug#1034648: postinst runs linux-update-symlinks before initrd exists

From	Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1034648: postinst runs linux-update-symlinks before initrd exists
Date	2023-04-24 17:10 +0200
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Ben Hutchings wrote:
> This behaviour is intentional.  The expectation is that these symlinks
> are used by programs that update the boot loader configuration later
> on, and those will be run only after the initramfs has been generated.
> What do you think will go wrong here?

Ok, I am probably wrong in my concern then.

-- 
see shy jo

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Bug#1034648: postinst runs linux-update-symlinks before initrd exists Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name> - 2023-04-20 22:20 +0200
  Bug#1034648: postinst runs linux-update-symlinks before initrd exists Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2023-04-22 17:30 +0200
    Bug#1034648: postinst runs linux-update-symlinks before initrd exists Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name> - 2023-04-24 17:10 +0200

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