Bug#401331: marked as done (initramfs-tools: lilo failures in update-initramfs are silent.)
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.85b
Severity: normal
When lilo -t fails update-initramfs exits with an error (due to set -e)
but provides no indication to the user. When called in postinst the
failure is reported by, e.g., aptitude but there is no explanation of
what went wrong.
This could leave a system unbootable if update-initramfs is run outside
of package management (where the failure is invisible) or if the user doesn't
realize an upgrade failure might be serious.
I suggest that the stderr of lilo -t should at least be provided to the
user, or perhaps run_lilo() should do set +e and then complain loudly if
lilo -t fails.
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=fd00
-- /proc/filesystems
cramfs
ext3
-- lsmod
[ Snip. Not relavent to this bug. ]
-- kernel-img.conf
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox 1:1.1.3-3 Tiny utilities for small and embed
ii cpio 2.6-17 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii klibc-utils 1.4.30-1 small statically-linked utilities
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre3-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
pn udev <none> (actually this is installed
but has failed at the moment due
to lilo being broken)
initramfs-tools recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: initramfs-tools
Source-Version: 0.85d
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
initramfs-tools, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
initramfs-tools_0.85d.dsc
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.85d.dsc
initramfs-tools_0.85d.tar.gz
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.85d.tar.gz
initramfs-tools_0.85d_all.deb
to pool/main/i/initramfs-tools/initramfs-tools_0.85d_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 401331@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> (supplier of updated initramfs-tools package)
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Hash: SHA1
Format: 1.7
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:10:06 +0100
Source: initramfs-tools
Binary: initramfs-tools
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.85d
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Debian kernel team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>
Description:
initramfs-tools - tools for generating an initramfs
Closes: 338405 401229 401331
Changes:
initramfs-tools (0.85d) unstable; urgency=high
.
Release "Le gros ventre qu'engraisse L'suffrage universel"
.
* update-initramfs: run_lilo() needs to show errors of lilo -t on failure
and exit with failure message. Thanks David Anselmi <anselmi@anselmi.us>
for report. (closes: 401331) Updated according to review by
Jurij Smakov <jurij@debian.org>.
.
* hook-functions: Add hppa zalon scsi module. (closes: 401229) urgency high
.
* update-initramfs: Add warning for missing initramfs on update mode without
takeover arg. Restructure altered_check, don't delete sha1sum on failure.
Thanks Jurij Smakov <jurij@debian.org> for noticing.
.
* mkinitramfs: Reduce size of initramfs by keeping 1 busybox copy.
Thanks for the patch input to Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>.
Thanks for the sed rework to Klaus Ita <deb.ian@worstofall.com>.
(closes: 338405)
Files:
6231b89d82c696554196760c0986e4a1 625 utils optional initramfs-tools_0.85d.dsc
81e3dbea3fb06cfc654010fa090abaab 55460 utils optional initramfs-tools_0.85d.tar.gz
962066aea265a40c7208817656a4feb4 62204 utils optional initramfs-tools_0.85d_all.deb
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