FS#76896 : [mkinitcpio] ignoring parameter -c (--config)

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FS#76896 - [mkinitcpio] ignoring parameter -c (--config)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Richard Neumann (rne) - Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 09:00 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Thursday, 22 December 2022, 06:34 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Packages: Core
Status	Assigned
Assigned To	Giancarlo Razzolini (grazzolini) Morten Linderud (Foxboron)
Architecture	All
Severity	Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

Description:
mkinitcpio is ignoring the -c <file> parameter

Additional info:
* package version: 34-2

Steps to reproduce:

0 ✓ 1871 ~ $ mkinitcpio -Pc /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-lts.preset: 'default'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
==> Starting build: 5.15.84-1-lts
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [systemd]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
==> Image generation successful
0 ✓ 1871 ~ $ mkinitcpio -Pc /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.2
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-lts.preset: 'default'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
==> Starting build: 5.15.84-1-lts
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [systemd]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
==> Image generation successful

The second call should generate an uncompressed image!