Re: [OT] initramfstools 0.144 safe to use?
On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 10:48 AM Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Bug#1079273: initramfs-tools: Error with initramfs-tools during apt full-
> upgrade on Debian Sid and reiserfsck
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/1079273
>
>
> To me it appears it may not be able to generate the initrd not only with
> reiserfsck but maybe also depending on some other tools that may need to
> be installed. dmraid is mentioned in a comment to the bug. Maybe it only
> affects these two, which I do not have installed. /usr/sbin/fsck.ext4 is
> sym-linked to /usr/sbin/e2fsck but this is already the binary, so I bet
> that would not count as too many levels.
>
> Just as a cautionary warning. Maybe it is no issue for your system. I
> decided to wait a bit. Especially as there are already 2 other bugs merged
> with this one. But these are related to reiserfsck as well.
>
> If someone takes the plunge and upgrades to initramfstools 0.144 and it
> works, please let me know.
>
> Please let me know in case you do not want this kind of a warning here. It
> is off topic, I know. But as the kmod warning really was helpful to me, I
> thought I just write this mail. This does not seem to be as severe as the
> kmod thing however.
>
Much appreciated HINTS for BROKEN packages which might make
Debian/unstable boxes UNBOOTABLE.
initramfs-tools(-core) (0.145) will fix the issue.
-Sedat-
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