Bug#721887: initramfs-tools: breaks system when used with module-init-tools from lenny or older
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.109.1
Severity: serious
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When I upgrade initramfs-tools to 0.109.1 on my system with
module-init-tools 3.4-1 on it, it overwrites all the initrd.img files in
/boot/ with bad ones, leaving my system unbootable (it brings me to a initrd command prompt). All the menu items in grub are affected, including the known-safe fallback boot choices.
initramfs-tools 0.109.1 with module-init-tools 3.12-2+b1 works.
initramfs-tools 0.109.1 does not have a versioned dependency on
module-init-tools
I have verified that this problem also exists with the
jessie/sid version (0.113) of initramfs-tools.
-- Package-specific info:
-- initramfs sizes
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.2M Sep 4 14:03 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.9M Sep 4 18:20 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.2M Aug 14 06:31 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686.bak
-- /proc/cmdline
root=LABEL=20g-c1793 ro nomodeset
-- resume
# RESUME=/dev/hda3
RESUME='UUID=ab74a1ad-51f2-41db-901f-316d6338627f'
-- /proc/filesystems
ext3
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate 2790 0
zlib_deflate 15822 1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp 4120 0
ppp_async 5305 1
crc_ccitt 1039 1 ppp_async
ppp_generic 16359 7 ppp_deflate,bsd_comp,ppp_async
slhc 3691 1 ppp_generic
cdc_acm 12846 2
usb_storage 31033 0
uinput 4796 1
nfsd 193919 13
exportfs 2618 1 nfsd
nfs 207298 2
lockd 49449 2 nfsd,nfs
fscache 24662 1 nfs
nfs_acl 1695 2 nfsd,nfs
auth_rpcgss 25296 2 nfsd,nfs
sunrpc 134903 18 nfsd,nfs,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss
piix 2948 0
ide_gd_mod 17163 0
ide_cd_mod 21080 0
ide_core 59614 3 piix,ide_gd_mod,ide_cd_mod
snd_intel8x0m 8100 0
snd_intel8x0 19595 0
snd_ac97_codec 79152 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 710 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 28671 0
snd_mixer_oss 10461 1 snd_pcm_oss
arc4 974 2
ecb 1405 2
snd_pcm 47226 4 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
nouveau 314884 0
ttm 33394 1 nouveau
snd_seq_midi 3576 0
drm_kms_helper 18569 1 nouveau
b43 132619 0
snd_rawmidi 12513 1 snd_seq_midi
mac80211 123586 1 b43
drm 112621 3 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd_seq_midi_event 3684 1 snd_seq_midi
joydev 6739 0
i2c_algo_bit 3493 1 nouveau
cfg80211 87645 2 b43,mac80211
snd_seq 35463 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
rfkill 10264 1 cfg80211
snd_timer 12270 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 3673 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
led_class 1757 1 b43
yenta_socket 16403 1
i2c_core 12787 4 nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
ac 1636 0
battery 3782 0
button 3598 1 nouveau
rsrc_nonstatic 7057 1 yenta_socket
psmouse 44837 0
processor 26327 1
snd 34423 10 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
serio_raw 2916 0
shpchp 21200 0
parport_pc 15799 0
pcspkr 1207 0
dcdbas 3892 0
video 14605 0
output 1204 1 video
evdev 5609 16
pci_hotplug 18545 1 shpchp
soundcore 3450 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 5045 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
parport 22554 1 parport_pc
rng_core 2178 1 b43
ext3 94444 3
jbd 32401 1 ext3
mbcache 3762 1 ext3
usbhid 28016 0
hid 50909 1 usbhid
sg 19937 0
sr_mod 10770 0
sd_mod 26013 4
crc_t10dif 1012 1 sd_mod
cdrom 26435 2 ide_cd_mod,sr_mod
b44 18472 0
ata_generic 2247 0
ssb 33714 2 b43,b44
ata_piix 17736 3
uhci_hcd 16057 0
mmc_core 38685 2 b43,ssb
firewire_ohci 16725 0
pcmcia 16194 2 b43,ssb
thermal 9206 0
libata 115869 2 ata_generic,ata_piix
ehci_hcd 28689 0
pcmcia_core 20450 5 b43,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic,ssb,pcmcia
mii 2714 1 b44
firewire_core 31243 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1035 1 firewire_core
thermal_sys 9378 3 processor,video,thermal
usbcore 99482 6 cdc_acm,usb_storage,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
scsi_mod 105101 5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
nls_base 4541 1 usbcore
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub
postrm_hook = /usr/sbin/update-grub
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
COMPRESS=gzip
DEVICE=
NFSROOT=auto
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf
update_initramfs=yes
backup_initramfs=no
-- mkinitramfs hooks
/etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/:
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks:
busybox
dmsetup
keymap
klibc
thermal
udev
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.7
APT prefers oldstable
APT policy: (990, 'oldstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii cpio 2.11-4 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 2.0.1-3.1 small utilities built with klibc f
ii module-init-tools 3.12-2+b1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 164-3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
pn busybox | busybox-initramfs | <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages initramfs-tools suggests:
pn bash-completion <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
--
Brian Sammon <debian-bugs@brisammon.fastmail.fm>
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