Bug#896908: busybox cpio: fails to extract absolute symlinks

2019-02-13 Thread Hervé Werner
This issue has been fixed in the Ubuntu package : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/busybox/+bug/1753572 Regarding debirf, my workaround for now is to replace busybox by the Ubuntu package inside the debirf initrd. rescue/modules/fix-busybox : #!/bin/bash -e latest_version=$(curl -fSsL

Bug#896908: busybox cpio: fails to extract absolute symlinks

2018-04-25 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Package: busybox-static Version: 1:1.27.2-2 Severity: normal I tried building debirf on a current Sid system (chroot, rather). The generated initramfs failed to properly boot. I noticed that the second-stage rootfs in it, is OK but when extracted misses /sbin/init and a number of other symlinks fr