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regid

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echo "$pkgbase" | install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$modulesdir/pkgbase"

1. As far as I can tell, the following two lines were recently added to the linux package PKGBUILD:

   % grep --after-context=1 'Used by mkinitcpio to name the kernel' PKGBUILD
     # Used by mkinitcpio to name the kernel
     echo "$pkgbase" | install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$modulesdir/pkgbase"

   Am I right there is, or planed to be, a related modification to mkinitcpio? Can you elaborate how mkinitcpio will be using "$modulesdir/pkgbase" to name the kernel?

2. EDIT: Following lines stroked off because I have just tested that and it is not the case. Please ignore paragraph #2.
   Not related to those two lines, but still another recent modification to the linux package PKGBUILD is the removal of the following two lines:

   # ???
   mkdir "$builddir/.tmp_versions"

   Can it be that "$builddir/.tmp_versions" is used when modifying .config, and rebuilding the kernel without modifying PKGBUILD?

Last edited by regid (2019-10-09 21:44:52)

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V1del

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Re: echo "$pkgbase" | install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$modulesdir/pkgbase"

In general you should read the package changelog as at least number 2 would be answered.

regid

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Registered: 2016-06-06

Posts: 201

Re: echo "$pkgbase" | install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$modulesdir/pkgbase"

1. As far as I can tell, the following two lines were recently added to the linux package PKGBUILD:

   % grep --after-context=1 'Used by mkinitcpio to name the kernel' PKGBUILD
     # Used by mkinitcpio to name the kernel
     echo "$pkgbase" | install -Dm644 /dev/stdin "$modulesdir/pkgbase"

   Am I right there is, or planed to be, a related modification to mkinitcpio? Can you elaborate how mkinitcpio will be using "$modulesdir/pkgbase" to name the kernel?

Is it related to 2016 closed https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/51818?amp;amp;pagenum=2? The discussion there has

@heftig - I should have mentioned that the PKGBUILD will rename '99-linux.hook' to '99-${pkgbase}.hook' on the filesystem so no package can provide the same hook if there is a unique pkgbase defined (see lines 126-128 of the official PKGBUILD). I guess I answered my own question <<red face>>

Last edited by regid (2019-10-10 18:04:57)

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