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authorBen Collins <ben.collins@canonical.com>2008-08-03 17:34:22 -0400
committermaximilian attems <maks@debian.org>2010-03-24 03:06:00 +0100
commit722cb312d3dc0e27b794aaa5eac7db331a9ebf8c (patch)
tree3dfee33451014981dac92f8a50789a06f8c4cc4f
parent1d3037b49b68ed615fb60d8f2a3c0e7e78c857d0 (diff)
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update-initramfs: Default to not keep .bak backups
we don't need to any more. TODO: lilo might still want .bak's. [ merge 0.92bubuntu9 + fix manpage note: indeed the precaution seems no longer needed these days, but is potentially harmful when /boot space is small. ] Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>
-rw-r--r--conf/update-initramfs.conf4
-rw-r--r--update-initramfs.conf.54
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/conf/update-initramfs.conf b/conf/update-initramfs.conf
index c08c6ed..3c27473 100644
--- a/conf/update-initramfs.conf
+++ b/conf/update-initramfs.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ update_initramfs=yes
#
# backup_initramfs [ yes | no ]
#
-# Default is yes
+# Default is no
# If set to no leaves no .bak backup files.
-backup_initramfs=yes
+backup_initramfs=no
diff --git a/update-initramfs.conf.5 b/update-initramfs.conf.5
index 30e1a97..ce8f69f 100644
--- a/update-initramfs.conf.5
+++ b/update-initramfs.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH UPDATE-INITRAMFS.CONF 5 "2008/12/19" "Linux" "update-initramfs.conf manual"
+.TH UPDATE-INITRAMFS.CONF 5 "2010/03/24" "Linux" "update-initramfs.conf manual"
.SH NAME
update-initramfs.conf \- configuration file for update-initramfs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ conservative manners needs to be applied. This disables
the \fBupdate_initramfs \-u\fP call.
.TP
\fB backup_initramfs
-By default \fBupdate_initramfs\fP keeps an .bak file of the previous initramfs. If set to \fIno\fP the backup initramfs will not be kept.
+If set \fBupdate_initramfs\fP keeps an .bak file of the previous initramfs. If unset the backup initramfs will not be kept.
.SH AUTHOR
The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org>,