Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.112 Severity: minor Tags: patch When reading man 8 initramfs-tools I was wondering whether the shell spawned due to break=something would be spawned before or after the corresponding scripts. I suggest to apply the attached patch to clarify this.
Helmut
--- initramfs-tools.8.orig 2013-05-09 16:09:38.000000000 +0200 +++ initramfs-tools.8 2013-05-09 16:28:07.000000000 +0200 @@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ .TP \fB\fI break spawns a shell in the initramfs image at chosen run-time -(top, modules, premount, mount, mountroot, bottom, init). +(top, modules, premount, mount, mountroot, bottom, init) +before actually executing the corresponding scripts +(see section boot scripts) or action. The default is premount without any arg. Beware that if both "panic" and "break" are present, initramfs will not spawn any shells but reboot instead.