* Michael Prokop <mika@debian.org> [Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 01:59:35PM +0200]: > * Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> [Sam Nov 22, 2008 at 02:06:24 +0100]: > > mkinitramfs always expands symlinks. busybox for example is always added > > two times. > Verified. busybox is added as /bin/sh as well as /bin/busybox and it > also affects some other files (depending on the setup). > Even though "ln -s" is used at several places the symlinks aren't > part of the resulting initramfs but are normal files instead. The > problem is cpio's --dereference option when generating the initramfs > inside mkinitramfs. > Andreas Korsten pointed me to usr/gen_init_cpio.c in linux kernel > source and his https://dev.korsten.org/hg/initramkit which is > supposed to handle symlinks. > But I think it could be done in current version of mkinitramfs as > well, though it's not trivial the way it currently works. > I've added this issue to debian/TODO of i-t.git, needs further > investigation. During bug squashing I noticed #338405 which tries to address this issue, we should take a closer look at that. maks, when investigating this issue we should discuss the klibc vs. busybox vs. glibc issue IMO. regards, -mika-
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