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@martinpitt martinpitt commented Jan 8, 2026

Arch Linux does not currently support kdump. There is no kexec-tools equivalent. [1] sounds promising, but it's not currently integrated into Arch.

Stop packaging the kdump page, and also add a manifest condition so that it doesn't appear in beiboot/ws-container/Client scenarios.

[1] https://blogs.igalia.com/gpiccoli/2024/07/presenting-kdumpst-or-how-to-collect-kernel-crash-logs-on-arch-linux/

Fixes #21106


This is an alternative to #22713. @nachtjasmin what do you think?

Closes #22713

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jelly commented Jan 8, 2026

What about just not making upstream package it? That seems much more sensible. But sure we can merge this.

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@jelly yes, that should happen as well. But it seems to me a make install or beibooted run also ought to hide the page?

We can change our upstream arch packaging, can you sync that to downstream?

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one more, fixed

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jelly commented Jan 8, 2026

@jelly yes, that should happen as well. But it seems to me a make install or beibooted run also ought to hide the page?

Yes, good point!

We can change our upstream arch packaging, can you sync that to downstream?

Sure.

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Thanks!

Arch Linux does not currently support kdump. There is no kexec-tools
equivalent. [1] sounds promising, but it's not currently integrated into
Arch.

Stop packaging the kdump page, and also add a manifest condition so
that it doesn't appear in beiboot/ws-container/Client scenarios.

[1] https://blogs.igalia.com/gpiccoli/2024/07/presenting-kdumpst-or-how-to-collect-kernel-crash-logs-on-arch-linux/

Fixes cockpit-project#21106
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@jelly I adjusted the arch packaging accordingly.

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