Bug#281658: initrd-tools: "cat: getroot: No such file or directory" due to /etc/raidtab parse error
Package: initrd-tools
Version: 0.1.74
Severity: normal
File: /usr/sbin/mkinitrd
> root@Astalo:/var/tmp/kalle/debian# LC_ALL=C dpkg --configure -a
> Setting up kernel-image-2.6.8-1-k7 (2.6.8-4) ...
> cat: getroot: No such file or directory
> Failed to create initrd image.
> dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.8-1-k7 (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> kernel-image-2.6.8-1-k7
With strace -f, I found it that the postinst runs this command:
mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-1-k7 /lib/modules/2.6.8-1-k7
I then ran that with "sh -x" and found that mkinitrd feeds
/etc/raidtab to awk and collects the raid-disk devices to a
"getroot" file:
$1 == "device" {
device = $2
}
$1 == "raid-disk" {
print device >> "getroot"
}
However, my /etc/raidtab has lines like this:
device /dev/hde1 raid-disk 0
device /dev/hdg1 raid-disk 1
That is, the "raid-disk" keyword is on the same line as "device".
The awk script then doesn't notice it, and fails to create the
"getroot" file, thus causing the error. This syntax works just
fine with raidtools2, so I think mkinitrd should support it too.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.23-kon.astalo.1
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8
Versions of packages initrd-tools depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii cpio 2.5-1 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii cramfsprogs 1.1-4 Tools for CramFs (Compressed ROM F
ii dash 0.5.1-3 The Debian Almquist Shell
ii fileutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU file management utilities
ii util-linux 2.12-3 Miscellaneous system utilities
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