Bug#362064: udev: udev tries to write to an installed, working initrd without asking

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

severity 362064 wishlist
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

> Package: udev
> Version: 0.089-1
> Severity: grave

i neither agree for the severity,
it didn't make your system unbootable.
 
> __> sudo dpkg --configure udev        
> Setting up udev (0.089-1) ...
> touch: cannot touch `/boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-selinux1-1-skas3-v9-pre9': Read-only file system
> /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: line 218: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-selinux1-1-skas3-v9-pre9: Read-only file system
> dpkg: error processing udev (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  udev
> 
>         Why is udev trying to write to a working boot mechanism
>  without asking?

nor do i agree that there is a bug there.
Every service that puts something into the initramfs 
has to run update-initrmfs.

-- 
maks