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



severity 362064 serious
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On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 10:29:06AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> > __> 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.

We've had this conversation before on IRC, and I don't believe there is any
evidence that this is the case.  Until you can show some, I regard this bug
as release-critical.

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