http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1166406 Bug ID: 1166406 Summary: Consider moving /boot/vmlinux-*.xz to a different package Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed Version: Current Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel Assignee: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: fvogt@suse.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de CC: jeos-internal@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Currently the kernel is installed twice into /boot (at least on x86_64 and arm64), once as self-decompressing vmlinuz and then the raw compressed kernel as vmlinux.xz The latter isn't needed for booting and only used for debugging or by using special tools (AFAIK, please correct me if I'm wrong), so not useful on most systems. Especially with kernel-default-base, this ~10MiB file is almost 30% of the whole package in size, so dropping/moving that would have a noticeable impact on size reduction. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.