As promised in the thread "Dracut fails to install libraries on Debian / Ubuntu
systems", here is a patch to update the documentation with information on the
libdirs parameter.
[PATCH]
diff --git a/dracut.8.asc b/dracut.8.asc
index da7f327..d4e67bf 100644
--- a/dracut.8.asc
+++ b/dracut.8.asc
@@ -215,10 +215,13 @@ example:
specify additional directories, where to look for firmwares. This parameter
can be specified multiple times.
+**--libdirs** _<dir>[:<dir>...]++_::
+ specify additional directories, where to look for libraries. This
+ parameter can be specified multiple times.
+
**--kernel-cmdline <parameters>**::
specify default kernel command line parameters
-
**--kernel-only**::
only install kernel drivers and firmware files
diff --git a/dracut.conf.5.asc b/dracut.conf.5.asc
index e545451..53df706 100644
--- a/dracut.conf.5.asc
+++ b/dracut.conf.5.asc
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ line are not interpreted.
*fw_dir+=*" :__<dir>__[:__<dir>__ ...] "::
Specify additional directories, where to look for firmwares, separated by :
+*libdirs+=*" :__<dir>__[:__<dir>__ ...] "::
+ Specify additional directories, where to look for libraries, separated by :
+
*install_items+=*" __<file>__[ __<file>__ ...] "::
Specify additional files to include in the initramfs, separated by spaces.
diff --git a/dracut.sh b/dracut.sh
index cfd10a1..9d04dc6 100755
--- a/dracut.sh
+++ b/dracut.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ Creates initial ramdisk images for preloading modules
modules
--fwdir [DIR] Specify additional directories, where to look for
firmwares, separated by :
+ --libdirs [DIR] Specify additional directories, where to look for
+ libraries, separated by :
--kernel-only Only install kernel drivers and firmware files
--no-kernel Do not install kernel drivers and firmware files
--kernel-cmdline [PARAMETERS] Specify default kernel command line parameters
[END]
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