Package: vmdebootstrap Version: 0.2-1 Severity: important Tags: upstream
Dear Maintainer, I noticed this when using vmdebootstrap to create Freedombox images based on Debian Jessie. The generated /extlinux.conf file look like this: default linux timeout 1 label linux kernel boot/vmlinuz-3.13-1-486 append initrd=boot/initrd.img-3.13-1-486 root=UUID=5d3aaadb-7187-485e-a901-44e1e353d25e ro The problem is that the kernel and initrd path contain detailed version information, and the file is not updated when a new kernel is installed / upgraded. The result is either a virtual machine with obsolete and possible insecure kernels, or a non-bootable virtual machine. I ran into the problem when the 3.12 kernel was in jessie and the 3.13 kernel appeared. I installed the new kernel, removed the old kernel and rebooted to activate the new kernel version. The installed image no longer booted. I was not afraid of removing the old kernel as this is a virtual scratch machine I use for testing. :) Please change the extlinux.conf file to use the /vmlinuz and /initrd.img symlinks instead of the specific versioned files in /boot/. Please also move the extlinux.conf file from / to /etc/, where etckeeper can be used to track changes to it. :) Or perhaps change to grub, which seem to handle upgrades automatically. :) -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.4 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages vmdebootstrap depends on: ii debootstrap 1.0.48+deb7u1 ii extlinux 2:4.05+dfsg-6+deb7u1 ii kpartx 0.4.9+git0.4dfdaf2b-7~deb7u2 ii mbr 1.1.11-5+b1 ii parted 2.3-12 ii python 2.7.3-4+deb7u1 ii python-cliapp 1.20120630-1 ii qemu-utils 1.1.2+dfsg-6a vmdebootstrap recommends no packages. vmdebootstrap suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
