Bug#550320: /bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libm.so.6

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 03:15:58PM +0800, Peng Tao wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.92o
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system

yeah right, escalating from the start.
it be criticla if the number of boxes that don't boot would be big.
 
> This is like #334467, but since it is very old and closed. I'd open a new one here. The reproduce steps are similar too.
> 
> [@tmp]$mkinitramfs -k -o initrd.img-2.6.32-rc3 2.6.32-rc3
> Working files in /tmp/mkinitramfs_xwHwBw and overlay in /tmp/mkinitramfs-OL_qcYNUU
> [@tmp]$sudo cp -rL mkinitramfs_xwHwBw/* initramfs/
> [@tmp]$sudo chroot initramfs/ /bin/sh 
> /bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libm.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> This is happening since my system updating in Sept. Before that, everything worked fine.
> 
> Please let me know if I should provide any more information.
> 

for a start:
sh -x mkinitramfs -o /dev/null