deltarpms and newer kernels

[Jonathan Dieter]

On Sun, 2010-01-24 at 03:11 -0800, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> On Saturday 23 January 2010 11:45 PM, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
> > Basically, the kernel now has a 20MB initramfs included that is full of
> > 0's.  When you install the kernel, it automatically generates an
> > initramfs to replace this "dummy" one.  The reason the dummy one is in
> > there is so that rpm can accurately calculate how much space it needs in
> > boot.
> >
> > Deltarpm sees that the initramfs has changed and can't do a delta
> > because it thinks the initramfs should be 0's.
> 
> Shouldn't that be classified as a bug with presto/deltarpm?

No.  It's a kernel packaging bug.  See
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/2009/12/10/annoying-kernel-packaging-bug
and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544901.

Jonathan
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