[Bug 271687] [NEW] make-kpkg man page should display --initrd in usage example

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kernel-package

The make-kpkg manpage says as usage example:

make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot kernel_image

but nowadays the kernels use initrd, and kernels compiled this way will
not able to boot, with message:

VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0, 0)

Please modify the manpage to contain

make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --initrd kernel_image

(Maybe a warning saying that vanilla kernels may not boot, and use the
linux-source-* package would also help.)

This way we could spare some hours of kernel compiling for such clueless
jerks like me.

Thanks.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release:        8.04

$ dpkg -l kernel-package
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                  Version               Description
+++-=====================-=====================-==========================================================
ii  kernel-package        11.001                A utility for building Linux kernel related Debian package

** Affects: kernel-package (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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make-kpkg man page should display --initrd in usage example
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271687
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