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Bug#312037: marked as done (initrd-tools vmware bug + solution)

Your message dated Mon, 05 May 2008 10:23:24 +0200
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and subject line initrd-tools has been removed from Debian, closing #312037
has caused the Debian Bug report #312037,
regarding initrd-tools vmware bug + solution
to be marked as done.

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: initrd-tools
Version: 0.1.79+

mkinitrd fails on machines running kernel 2.4, when vmware is installed.
Problem seems to be, that mkinitrd is looking for *.ko files in
/lib/modules/{version} to decide whether to use modutils or module-init-tools. 

Because vmware installs vmhgfs.ko and vmxnet.ko, mkinitrd will never set
$oldstyle to "yes" and thus fail using module-init-tools with 2.4 kernels.
I attached a patch.

Regards,
Dirk

Attachment: mkinitrd-vmware.patch
Description: Binary data


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--- Begin Message --- 
Version: 0.1.84.2+rm

The initrd-tools package has been removed from Debian testing, unstable and
experimental, so I am now closing the bugs that were still opened
against it.

For more information about this package's removal, read
http://bugs.debian.org/393092 . That bug might give the reasons why
this package was removed, and suggestions of possible replacements.

Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.

Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
-- 
Lucas

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