Install mkinitcpio explicitly in base packages#4484
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Prevents pacstrap from picking a different initramfs provider (dracut, booster) when running from a non-Arch host. Fixes archlinux#4368
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Could you rebase/merge |
# Conflicts: # archinstall/lib/installer.py
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Fixes #4368
Summary
When archinstall runs from a non-Arch host (e.g. EndeavourOS), pacstrap may pick
dracutorboosteras theinitramfsprovider instead ofmkinitcpio. The installer then crashes on missingmkinitcpio.conf, the binary, or.presetfiles (#4368).Adding
mkinitcpioto__packages__makes pacstrap install it deterministically. Per @codefiles' analysis in the issue thread, the fix has to happen at pacstrap time, not in_config_uki(), becauseminimal_installation()callsself.mkinitcpio(['-P'])earlier.