I just noticed mkinitcpio.conf HOOKS=() changed to HOOKS="" during install

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Regarding /etc/mkinitcpio.conf on Ruah 21.3 Live USB compared to right after install:

# Live USB
HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block filesystems keyboard fsck)

# After Install
HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block keyboard keymap consolefont filesystems fsck"

I know both forms are currently accepted, but the later is the current form.

I tasked myself to try and figure when/how it was changed during the install :slight_smile:

I went to gitlab > packages > core > mkinitcpio. The url points to github arch mkinitcpio. This shows (). What comes next and where did it get changed?

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My guess is that the Calamares developers had something to do with that.

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There have been no upstream changes to mkinitcpio.conf for well over a year. The default file still uses parenthesis for HOOKS. The only change with our package is a patch that’s unrelated.

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I remember seeing a pacnew a long time ago, which is confirmed by this topic. I only looked at a new install because of this topic today. I was a little flummoxed when I saw the “”.

Following @Aragorn’s thinking, I unsquashed rootfs.sfs from the ISO and looked at /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.install, and they both show “”, not (). I don’t know if that helps in any way :slight_smile: Where does mkinitcpio.conf come from that is located in manjaro/x86_64/rootfs.sfs on the ISO?

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