Re: tip: bzip2/lzma now in tip:x86/setup-lzma

H. Peter Anvin
2009-01-06T08:27:36Z

Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
>>>
>>> Can we check in kernel config that lzma is installed on machine or not.
>> For building the default initramfs, we'd do it in a script. I don't think
>> there is any way to check the system for configuration options, and I would
>> argue that it *shouldn't* be, because it creates a
>> silent failure condition.
>
> Sorry, I was talking about kernel with CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA=y
>
> On some machines where /usr/bin/lzma was not installed I was getting
> errors during kernel compilation. So I installed lzma package and then
> kernel compiled for me on that machine.
>

Right, well, that's to be expected. (There was a bug earlier on which
would cause it to "complete" incorrectly... not good for obvious reasons.)

-hpa

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