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On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> AFAIK, neither genkernel nor dracut were expected to get tied to the |
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> Gentoo update process. Has that changed? |
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We don't even update kernels as part of the regular update process, |
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let alone initramfs systems. |
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In general you update them together. |
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The only issue I could see is if problems arise if you have a |
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different version of udev in your initramfs than on your system. I |
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don't know if that actually causes problems. For the most part after |
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the system is booted the initramfs is done its job. |
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If some package did need a kernel/initramfs/etc to be updated it |
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should be the subject of news or an ewarn unless it becomes routine |
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practice. I don't think we want the system to start touching these |
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things without operator intervention unless we make it really |
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bulletproof like they do on big distros (the only reason they can is |
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they have one-size-fits-all kernels and initramfs designs). |
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Rich |
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