Bug 465244 – New package: sys-kernel/mkinitcpio

• Status: UNCONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2013-04-09 11:47:28 UTC]

This package would need a version bump, and a maintainer to look after it. 

Upstream, which happens to be ArchLinux, have switched to systemd since. So I'm not actually sure how compatible this package anymore is, when used with OpenRC.

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-956360-highlight-.html

I've mailed gentoo-dev mailing list and asked for a maintainer, but nobody was intrested.

Time to let it go, then.

[Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2013-04-09 11:52:55 UTC]

Current version is 0.13.0, the version in Portage is 0.9.2

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/any/mkinitcpio/

[Comment 2 udeved 2013-04-22 21:32:31 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Current version is 0.13.0, the version in Portage is 0.9.2
> 
> http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/any/mkinitcpio/

I basically already made a 0.13.0 version.

But I had an issue with the lvmetad, which is used in this version to activate lvm volumes.

I basically reverted to 0.12.0 lvm hook to get lvm activated, which doesn't use the metad.

I could give it another test.

The ebuild is here:

http://openrc4arch.site40.net/pool/gentoo/sys-kernel/mkinitcpio/

In essence, I already maintain it, but outside portage.

[Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2013-05-11 16:06:33 UTC]

gone, converting to new package request

[Comment 4 Alexander Tsoy 2013-06-15 11:20:27 UTC]

(In reply to udeved from comment #2)
> I basically already made a 0.13.0 version.
> 
> But I had an issue with the lvmetad, which is used in this version to
> activate lvm volumes.

If mkinitcpio copies lvm2 units from the system and not using it's own, then this bug should depend on bug 453594.