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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs?
Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 10:37:02
Message-Id: 5e53ab95-5eb7-8781-1484-df6acd1fdc72@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] why do I need cargo to make an initramfs? by n952162
1 n952162 wrote:
2 > On 5/14/22 10:44, Stefan Schmiedl wrote:
3 >> Samstag, 14. Mai 2022 10:00:
4 >>
5 >>> I never needed to use cargo before, to update my kernel.  In what
6 >>> way is
7 >>> cargo better than earlier mechanisms to build initramfs?
8 >>
9 >> With cargo being rust's package manager, I'd hazard the guess that
10 >> you got yourself a shiny new rust component in either your kernel
11 >> or your initramfs content.
12 >>
13 >> s.
14 >>
15 >>
16 >
17 > I don't get it.  Why should something built with rust require a boot
18 > packaging tool that also requires rust?  That's like saying, if a
19 > facility has a python component, the whole facility needs to be
20 > distributed with pip.
21 >
22 > Can anyone tell me where the initramfs staging area or configuration
23 > file is?
24 >
25 >
26 >
27
28
29 The file(s) are in /etc/dracut.conf.d/.  I only have one file but
30 depending on setup, you could have more than one. 
31
32 Hope that helps.
33
34 Dale
35
36 :-)  :-)

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