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Install mkinitcpio explicitly in base packages #4484

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Install mkinitcpio explicitly in base packages
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Merge branch 'master' into fix-issue-4368-mkinitcpio
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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions archinstall/lib/installer.py
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from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr

# Any package that the Installer() is responsible for (optional and the default ones)
__packages__ = ['base', 'sudo', 'linux-firmware'] + [k.value for k in Kernel]
# https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/4368
# mkinitcpio is listed explicitly so pacstrap installs it deterministically. Otherwise
# pacman picks the first initramfs provider from the host's pacman.conf, which on non-Arch
# hosts (EndeavourOS prefers dracut, etc.) breaks the installer's mkinitcpio() and
# _config_uki() methods that assume mkinitcpio is present in the chroot.
__packages__ = ['base', 'sudo', 'linux-firmware', 'mkinitcpio'] + [k.value for k in Kernel]

# Additional packages that are installed if the user is running the Live ISO with accessibility tools enabled
__accessibility_packages__ = ['brltty', 'espeakup', 'alsa-utils']
Expand All @@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ def __init__(
`Installer()` is the wrapper for most basic installation steps.
It also wraps :py:func:`~archinstall.Installer.pacstrap` among other things.
"""
self._base_packages = base_packages or __packages__[:3]
self._base_packages = base_packages or __packages__[:4]
self.kernels = kernels or [DEFAULT_KERNEL.value]
self._disk_config = disk_config

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