From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64BD21381F3 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C951421C073; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:53:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 22E4621C071 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:52:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j5so2040551bkw.40 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:52:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Z/ed02PJ78m5ARBz3hjVuzLNmHgXaSGwlXdhv3poYtI=; b=ybB4v3h/rQYdp2Qi7J01ryCh2St15R5DP4DbN16HgxveCIKF8ED6IUPfqDj5rO1CPq bKIOnWYKoq6F5faMis5Zgcb/LN1y6dE0Wz9zzrGAs3Yzc+lMEZeEOwbk6KYVq7phrgBA o1qadYMxY0elQU+AaZJm/JVuRA1H6XJvYQ1NhynYSLUoDaDyPfma17fPOaNYpFxUycrI v1WmagrKTtahE2Mw4U0+bysNX5OZfBpzIfoybZ8+bRgwbxtGSOqmCYaFc4BZXOoK4xMP f/GIJ7q+lKvkL+5+4KKfkZQtzYtdfX3WDkXEms+xPmwI1k6GMWwYzx4wh/jjIYmxk0gn ye8w== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.15.203 with SMTP id l11mr1764923bka.74.1353343966665; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:52:46 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.12.28 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:52:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20120509183203.GA27545@kroah.com> <4bdd949a377d40eb85590870be440551@HUBCAS1.cs.stonybrook.edu> <50A8943E.7070607@gentoo.org> <20121118080845.GA8628@kroah.com> <50A89A73.3050709@flameeyes.eu> <50A8C257.7060103@mva.name> <50A8F918.2010802@flameeyes.eu> <50A8FBC2.200@gentoo.org> <20121119130756.GA4454@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:52:46 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: NRMCydn_MV1bFGgu8rxyV-xJxVc Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Tightly-coupled core distro From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 94237019-32f0-457a-ae7f-282a4780133a X-Archives-Hash: ad48bf1753eead4c87eb9f4fcaaf5bcb On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Alec Warner wrote: > > Debian / Ubuntu have a tool that basically does this. Its > update-initramfs. I believe it is called from..the postinst of > packages that are supposed to be in the initramfs? honestly I'd have > to look up how they implemented it. Not a bad idea, with a corresponding eselect tool to control what kind of initramfs you have (dracut, genkernel, none, remind-me-but-I-roll-my-own, etc). The ebuild would just call the function, and the function would handle it accordingly. Rich