On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 03:08:00PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.94 > Severity: normal > > /tmp on my EeePC is mounted as follows: > > tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) > Starting with initramfs-tools 0.94, mkinitramfs throws a lot of error > messages about without neither stopping nor declaring the packages > which triggered that as being not successfully installed: > > [???] > Setting up initramfs-tools (0.94) ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools > ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf ... > Installing new version of config file > /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf ... > update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) > [???] > Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.33-2-686 > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: > /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/init-top/all_generic_ide: Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: > /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/init-top/blacklist: Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/init-top/keymap: > Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: > /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/init-bottom/dropbear: Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/init-bottom/udev: > Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: > /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/local-bottom/cryptopensc: Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: > /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/init-premount/devpts: Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: > /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/init-premount/dropbear: Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: > /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/init-premount/udev: Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: > /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/local-premount/resume: Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: > /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/local-top/cryptopensc: Permission denied > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 276: > /tmp/mkinitramfs_Ck5cpl/scripts/local-top/cryptroot: Permission denied > localepurge: Disk space freed in /usr/share/locale: 0 KiB > [???]
this is due to the new precache code, that runs things so that they don't need to do so on every boot for better bootspeed. > This are possibly two bugs: > > 1) Fails to stop package installation as well as to mark packages as > not successfully installed if initramfs generation failed. I regard > this as bug with at least severity normal. > > 2) Breaks if /tmp is mounted noexec. Since caring about a noexec > mounted /tmp is not required by policy, but quite some people use > it, I regard it as bug with severity minor or wishlist. Possibly > related to http://bugs.debian.org/567540. guess to disable that feature on noexec /tmp and warn about it is the way to go. > Feel free to clone this bug into two seperate bugs if you intend to > fix both bugs. > > For 2) I suggest to allow the administrator to configure an > alternative temporary directory to use. Another possibility would be > to temporarily remount /tmp with exec. This is how I solved the issue > manually for now, but doing this automatically with scripts feels like > circumventing a possibly deliberately made decision of the local > administrator. thanks for pointing it out. mkinitramfs uses TMPDIR, do you have that variable set? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100406145642.gv32...@baikonur.stro.at
