Bug#216756: busybox-cvs udeb: /linuxrc is obsolete and breaks d-i
Package: busybox-cvs
Version: unavailable; reported 2003-10-20
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software
/linuxrc only works in some special cases that can't be used inn all
cases on all architectures and is obsolete since pivot_root was
invented. Because of that the rootskel udeb of debian-install no
longer provides a /linux that would override the busybox /linuxrc.
In cases that do support /linuxrx that can lead to busybox being
started instead of the start script for debian-installer, which in
turn leads to the filesystem running out of space or being unwriteable
later in the d-i process.
Please do remove /linuxrc.
MfG
Goswin
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux dual 2.4.21-ac4 #1 SMP Sat Jul 5 17:53:13 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE
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