kernel plugin: fix decompressio of lzma initrd (and others)
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Current evaluation
PR #457 fixing lzma initrd decompression in the kernel plugin was closed unmerged; kyrofa (2016-04-15) closed it in favor of #463, which was merged as commit ac25418f5 adding lzma/xz initrd detection via magic-file sniffing.
Resolution: closed superseded
Reason: Maintainer kyrofa closed the PR with the comment "Closing in favor of #463". PR #463 ("Kernel plugin: Support lzma/xz-compressed initrd.") was merged as commit ac25418f5 and shipped in the 2.8.1 release changelog (cb1aac44e).
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed superseded | PR #457 fixing lzma initrd decompression in the kernel plugin was closed unmerged; kyrofa (2016-04-15) closed it in favor of #463, which was merged as commit ac25418f5 adding lzma/xz initrd detection via magic-file sniffing. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed superseded | Closed unmerged in favor of #463, which added LZMA/XZ initrd support to the kernel plugin using magic-file detection and tests. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Superseded by #463. The pull request was closed to address the lzma initrd decompression fix through an alternative PR. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed and superseded by pull request #463. The changes fix LZMA initrd decompression in the kernel plugin. |
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Related work
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Superseded By:
canonical/snapcraft#463
(confidence 97%)
Explicitly cited by the closing comment; merged as commit ac25418f5 with tests referencing LP bug #1569337.
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcraft#463
(confidence 95%)
Merged commit ac25418f5 implements the intended lzma/xz initrd support that #457 attempted.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #463 Kernel plugin: Support lzma/xz-compressed initrd. | snapcraft | merged | Merged #463 as ac25418f5, adding lzma/xz initrd detection via the magic library and tests for LP bug #1569337. | |
| #4302 plugins: kernel: split kernel plugin into kernel and initrd plugins | snapcraft | closed | PR #4302 (split kernel plugin into kernel + initrd plugins) was closed unmerged on 2025-10-14 by author kubiko as superseded by canonical/snapcraft#5814, merged in commit 8f56d299d. |