Bug#561289: kernel-package: initramfs-tools not called after install, though run-parts tries to
severity 561289 grave thanks Okay, today this weird code in /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools has hit me again. However I sent questions about this few weeks ago and nobody replied. Now, this is partially user error -- they are sing the script that came with initramfs-tools, which does not work, instead of the working script provided by kernel-package itself. Which script are you talking about? Which user error? I (the user) am not aware of any hacks applied by me which would cause this silent fatal breakdown. This is what happens! Unbootable system or landing in a weird state where udev does not work for no evident reason, the only thing indicating the originating problem was udev's postinst. And what I see is /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools which is delivered by initramfs-tools, which breaks my systems, which has no proper documentation inside about why it breaks my systems, and where the maintainers did not respond to my mail asking about this thing send WEEKS ago. Now please explain what is going on and fix it. Until that happens, the thing is worth having a grave severity, sorry. Eduard. -- Amaya weasel: utf rocks my world Amaya weasel: best thing since latex condoms! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#561289: kernel-package: initramfs-tools not called after install, though run-parts tries to
Package: kernel-package Version: 12.031 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Trying to install a Linux kernel built with kernel-kpkg won't result in a bootable kernel after reboot. This is a typical output from a succeeded install: $ LC_ALL=C sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.32_2_amd64.deb (Reading database ... 121446 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.32 2 (using linux-image-2.6.32_2_amd64.deb) ... The directory /lib/modules/2.6.32 still exists. Continuing as directed. Examining /etc/kernel/preinst.d/ Done. Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6.32 ... Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.32 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32 Setting up linux-image-2.6.32 (2) ... Running depmod. Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.32 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32 run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 2.6.32 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32 The tricky part is that /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools decides to do nothing when getting 2 args. Moreover, no bootloader update script is executed. Looking at kernel-img.conf(5) and kernel-pkg.conf(5) does describe good old posthooks to call update-grub, but they're marked as obsolete. Am I missing some stuff that changed in the last packages ? PS: i use kernel-kpkg since a long long long time, 2.6.18 maybe so I cleaned up kernel-img.conf so that it doesn't use old variables anymore, nor obsolete vars. But this makes it nearly impossible to get a booting kernel. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages kernel-package depends on: ii binutils 2.20-4 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of build-essent ii debianutils 3.2.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii file 5.03-4 Determines file type using magic ii gettext 0.17-8 GNU Internationalization utilities ii make 3.81-7 An utility for Directing compilati ii module-init-tools 3.11-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii po-debconf1.0.16 tool for managing templates file t ii util-linux2.16.2-0 Miscellaneous system utilities Versions of packages kernel-package recommends: ii cpio 2.10-1 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar Versions of packages kernel-package suggests: ii bzip2 1.0.5-3high-quality block-sorting file co pn docbook-utils none (no description available) ii e2fsprogs 1.41.9-1 ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utiliti ii initramfs-tools [linux-in 0.93.4 tools for generating an initramfs pn libdb3-devnone (no description available) ii libncurses5-dev [libncurs 5.7+20090803-2 developer's libraries and docs for pn linux-source | kernel-sou none (no description available) pn xmlto none (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#561289: kernel-package: initramfs-tools not called after install, though run-parts tries to
reassign 561289 initramfs-tools severity 561289 minor thanks Hi, Now, this is partially user error -- they are sing the script that came with initramfs-tools, which does not work, instead of the working script provided by kernel-package itself. This is described in the README, and the man page of make-kpkg (which mentiontions what needs to be done when using initrds). I am reassigning as a minor bug since initramfs-tools CVS apparently has code to support make-kpkg built kernel packages, but it does not seem to be deploed. Feel free to downgrade/close. manoj -- Keep a diary and one day it'll keep you. Mae West Manoj Srivastava sriva...@acm.org http://www.golden-gryphon.com/ 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
