Bug#1033567: systemd: move /usr/bin/kernel-install to package systemd-boot

[Michael Biebl]

tags 1033567 + wontfix
thanks


Hi Emanuele


On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:19:23 +0200 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> 
> Am 27.03.23 um 16:29 schrieb Emanuele Rocca:
> 
> > the systemd binary package currently ships the following files:
> > 
> >   /usr/bin/kernel-install
> >   /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/kernel-install
> >   /usr/share/man/man8/kernel-install.8.gz
> >   /usr/share/zsh/vendor-completions/_kernel-install
> > 
> > Given that AFAIU kernel-install is not particularly useful without
> > systemd-boot, please consider moving the files mentioned above to the
> > systemd-boot binary package.
> > 
> 
> See
> https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/-/merge_requests/138#note_292202

As mentioned by Martin, kernel-install is (in theory) agnostic of the 
used boot loader.
As such, it makes sense to keep it out of systemd-boot and in the more 
general systemd package.

Given that the size of kernel-install is rather tiny and it doesn't drag 
in any additional dependencies, I would for now not see any strong 
incentives to move it out of the main systemd package.

I'm thus tentatively closing this bug report as wontfix, unless we are 
presented with stronger reasons why the tool should be moved.

Regards,
Michael
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