[Bug 506939] Review Request: dracut - a generic initramfs generator

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--- Comment #6 from Harald Hoyer <harald@xxxxxxxxxx>  2009-06-23 01:53:25 EDT ---
> - License - GPLv2+
> - License field in spec matches - ***
> 
> *** The license in the code is GPLv2 or later; the spec tag should be GPLv2+.
>     It's also not present in most of the shell snippets; unsure what the
> requirements are there.

fixed

> - Spec in American English - ***
> 
> generic package description:
> This package requires everything, which is needed to build a generic
> all purpose initramfs.
> 
> Should probably be 'everything that is needed', without the comma.

changed

> - Package needs ExcludeArch - ***
> 
> *** The arch/noarch switching seems a bit odd. Can we just get a new util-linux
> in so we don't need this?

left in until util-linux-ng provides switch_root

> The 'generic' package really should be some sort of Suggests/Enhances on the
> main package. Alas, we can't do that yet. (Requiring to pull in nbd seems
> wrong.)

The idea is to generate a "generic" dracut image with every kernel build, so
that the user does not have to build his own, though he can do it.

> 
> That being said, if we don't have some sort of requirements on lvm2, raid, etc.
> tools in the main package, the ordering won't be right on kernel installs, and
> it will try to build a non-generic initramfs when the tools haven't yet been
> installed that may be needed for that system. This needs solved before we ship
> it.

add the mkinitrd Requires to the basic dracut rpm

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