[systemd-devel] Is `kernel-install` called automatically?

Ian Pilcher arequipeno at gmail.com
Thu Jul 15 13:58:46 UTC 2021


On 7/15/21 4:40 AM, Mike Beaton wrote:
> I may not have understood correctly, but it seems that after `bootcl 
> install`, `kernel-install` is _not_ called automatically; neither 
> initially, nor after any system kernel update.
> 
> Is this correct? And if so can anyone help with the reasoning behind 
> this or status of this issue?
> 
> To clarify: I would have expected that this would be called 
> automatically, since (as I understand it) it is part of letting 
> systemd-boot actually successfully boot the user's system.

'bootctl install' does not call kernel-install.

Whether or not it's called when an updated kernel is installed is
dependent on the distribution.  I've managed to get it to be called
automatically on both Fedora and CentOS/Rocky 8, but I haven't managed
to get it working on CentOS 7.

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