also sprach maximilian attems <max@stro.at> [2008.07.05.0054 +0200]: > > initramfs runs executable scripts in scripts/*/* at various stages. > > Albeit an error by the user or the package, scripts without > > executable permissions get copied to the initrd by the hooks, but > > then they don't get executed. > > > > Maybe initramfs could warn about files in scripts/*/* it would > > install, which aren't executable? > > chmod 666 /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/legacylvm I was talking about scripts. > update-initramfs -u -v | grep legacy > /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/legacylvm ignored: not executable Without -v, it seems that files in /etc/initramfs-tools are copied but remain non-executable. As a result, they won't be run. I think initramfs-tools should be reporting this, and the above hooks message as a warning, not requiring -v for it. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems linux: because a pc is a terrible thing to waste
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