From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760408AbZBDVms (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:42:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754785AbZBDVmj (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:42:39 -0500 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:55873 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754126AbZBDVmi (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:42:38 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:41:54 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: can i replace a 2.6.10 gen_init_cpio.c with a current one? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org i'm currently stuck with a 2.6.10 kernel on a current project, and i would like to build an initramfs with symlinks. the gen_init_cpio.c program back then didn't support "slink", but the new one does. am i safe to simply replace that program? are there any backward incompatibilities that will bite me in the a$$? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ========================================================================