--- lsinitramfs.bela-orig	2010-06-30 03:05:01.000000000 -0700
+++ lsinitramfs	2012-10-27 01:41:20.133400610 -0700
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 set -eu
 
+# Defaults
+CONFDIR="/etc/initramfs-tools"
+
 usage()
 {
@@ -15,5 +18,5 @@ fi
 cpio_args="--extract --quiet --list"
 
-OPTIONS=`getopt -o hl --long help,long -n "$0" -- "$@"`
+OPTIONS=`getopt -o d:hl --long confdir,help,long -n "$0" -- "$@"`
 # Check for non-GNU getopt
 if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "W: non-GNU getopt" >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi
@@ -23,4 +26,12 @@ eval set -- "$OPTIONS"
 while true; do
         case "$1" in
+	-d|--confdir)
+		CONFDIR="$2"
+		shift 2
+		if [ ! -d "${CONFDIR}" ]; then
+			echo "${0}: ${CONFDIR}: Not a directory" >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	;;
         -h|--help)
 		usage
@@ -41,4 +52,27 @@ while true; do
 done
 
+. "${CONFDIR}/initramfs.conf"
+EXTRA_CONF=''
+for i in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf.d/* ${CONFDIR}/conf.d/*; do
+	[ -e $i ] && EXTRA_CONF="${EXTRA_CONF} $(basename $i \
+		| grep '^[[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]\._-]*$' | grep -v '\.dpkg-.*$')";
+done
+# FIXME: deprecated those settings on mkinitramfs run
+# 	 these conf dirs are for boot scripts and land on initramfs
+for i in ${EXTRA_CONF}; do
+	if [ -e  ${CONFDIR}/conf.d/${i} ]; then
+		. ${CONFDIR}/conf.d/${i}
+	elif [ -e  /usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf.d/${i} ]; then
+		. /usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf.d/${i}
+	fi
+done
+
+# source package confs
+for i in /usr/share/initramfs-tools/conf-hooks.d/*; do
+	if [ -e "${i}" ]; then
+		. "${i}"
+	fi
+done
+
 for initramfs in "$@" ; do
 	if ! [ -r "${initramfs}" ] ; then
@@ -47,5 +81,5 @@ for initramfs in "$@" ; do
 	else
 		echo "${initramfs}"
-		zcat "${initramfs}" | cpio ${cpio_args}
+		${COMPRESS:-gzip} -dc "${initramfs}" | cpio ${cpio_args}
 		fi
 done