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Bug#490875: initramfs-tools: Incorrect warning message on upgrade if busybox is not installed



Am 2008-07-14 22:23:48, schrieb Chris Carr:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.92e
> Severity: minor
> 
> 
> When upgrading recently I noticed initramfs-tools give the following warning: 
> 
> Warning: Busybox is required for successful boot!
> 
> ... but it isn't. I shut down, and rebooted perfectly successfully. 
> 
> This happened on two different machines (neither has busybox installed any more). Both are fine.
> 
> Surely, if this warning were to be true, and busybox were truly necessary for a successful boot, then initramfs-tools 
> should surely depend on busybox rather than merely recommending it. 

Intersting, since if "busybox" is NOT installed, I can not even build  a
"initrd.img".  And of course:

[michelle.konzack@samba3:~/.mutt] apt-cache rdepends busybox
busybox
Reverse Depends:
 |bootcd-mkinitramfs
  busybox-static
  busybox-static
 |initramfs-tools

which mean, it should be installed anyway on your system, since if I try
to deinstall it there will be several things removed...

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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