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

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

Maximilian et al:

I see that several things have happend regarding this bug, most notably
that busybox has moved from 'Depends' to 'Recommends' (and that the bug
itself has moved from 'critical' to 'wishlist').  I am not sure of all
of the consequences of this, although it appears from the changelog that
most of the functionality required is present via binaries from klibc,
possibly excepting tools needed for md/lvm root configs (i.e. the control
file states, "klibc provides utilities to setup root. Having the root
on EVMS, MD, LVM2, LUKS or NFS is also supported.", but it is not clear
that this is still true if *some* version of busybox is not installed.)
Is this correct: Will md/lvm root configs function (at all) when busybox
is not present?

I also see why 'busybox-initramfs' is available as an alternative (for
Ubuntu boxes).  Is there some reason not to also have 'busybox-static'
available as an alternative, especially since this is now just
'Recommends'?

Thanks,

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