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authormaximilian attems <maks@debian.org>2006-03-21 12:25:50 +0100
committermaximilian attems <maks@debian.org>2006-03-21 12:25:50 +0100
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add verbose mode for mkinitramfs, use it when calling it
display which modules gets added, we might want to have even more verbose info, but that is a nice start. add cpqarray module document `-' filename restriction don't exit succesfully if root fs full
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@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ image itself. They can however cause files to be included in the image.
.SS Boot scripts
These are included in the initramfs image and normally executed during
kernel boot in the early user-space before the root partition has been
-mounted.
+mounted.
+
+initramfs-tools uses shell variable names for handling dependencies.
+Notice that `-' is not a valid shell variable name and thus should
+not be used as script filename.
.SH INIT SCRIPT
The script which is executed first and is in charge of running all other