Bug#454665: initramfs-tools: busybox depends should include busybox-static

[Steve Lane <drsteve@rna.berkeley.edu>]

On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 11:51:11PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007, Steve Lane wrote:
> 
> > Attempting to install busybox-static when initramfs-tools is installed
> > results in an uninstall of initramfs-tools, and, consequently, the
> > Debian kernel package.
> 
> it's been a time ago,
> but last i checked busybox static didn't work as expected by
> mkinitramfs. 
> 
> did you check that your newly gernerated initramfs boots?
>  
> -- 
> maks

The machine had/has two kernels installed on it:

  linux-image-2.6.22-2-686-bigmem 2.6.22-4:
  linux-image-2.6.22-3-686-bigmem 2.6.22-6

For both kernels, after reinstalling the kernel and thus building a new
initramfs, the only difference I can see in booting is that about 50-70
copies of the following message are generated during the early part of
the boot process:

  Using fallback suid method

Other than that, the machine *seems* to boot and function fine (so
far...).

--
Steve Lane
System, Network and Security Administrator
Doudna Lab
Biomolecular Structure and Mechanism Group
UC Berkeley