Bug#1005815: bootup.7 says initramfs is created by dracut

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: tags -1 wontfix
Control: close -1

On Tue, 15 Feb 2022 21:27:58 +0100 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
wrote:
> Hi Marc
> 
> Am 15.02.22 um 16:36 schrieb Marc Haber:
> > the manpage bootup(7) says that the initramfs is often created by
> > dracut(8). This might be true in the Red Hat world, but not on
Debian.
> > This wording should be patched in the Debian package.
> 
> We had this in the past, like e.g. in [1]. But I'm still not
convinced 
> that we should be starting to patch the man pages. I want less Debian
> specific patches not more and this would be one which we'd never get
rid 
> off again. A maintenance nightmare in the long run.
> 
> Strictly speaking, in this specific instance, the man pages aren't
even 
> incorrect, they just don't go into Debian specific details.
> I don't think it's worth patching that.

Yeah we should not patch manpages like this. You can use dracut in
Debian, a few people do, so it is technically correct.

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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