Bug#490875: initramfs-tools: Incorrect warning message on upgrade if busybox is not installed
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.
Regards,
CC
-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/md0 ro
-- /proc/filesystems
cramfs
ext3
-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
ip6table_filter 3072 1
iptable_raw 2688 0
xt_comment 2112 0
xt_policy 3776 0
ipt_ULOG 8964 14
ipt_TTL 2560 0
ipt_ttl 2176 0
ipt_TOS 2496 0
ipt_tos 1920 0
ipt_SAME 2688 0
ipt_REJECT 4736 4
ipt_REDIRECT 2368 1
ipt_recent 9176 0
ipt_owner 2240 0
ipt_NETMAP 2368 0
ipt_MASQUERADE 3904 1
ipt_LOG 6272 0
ipt_iprange 2112 0
ipt_ECN 3200 0
ipt_ecn 2496 0
ipt_CLUSTERIP 8900 0
ipt_ah 2176 0
ipt_addrtype 2176 0
nf_nat_tftp 2176 0
nf_nat_snmp_basic 10308 0
nf_nat_sip 4864 0
nf_nat_pptp 3968 0
nf_nat_proto_gre 3012 1 nf_nat_pptp
nf_nat_irc 3008 0
nf_nat_h323 7552 0
nf_nat_ftp 3520 0
nf_nat_amanda 2688 0
ts_kmp 2496 5
nf_conntrack_amanda 5440 1 nf_nat_amanda
nf_conntrack_tftp 6036 1 nf_nat_tftp
nf_conntrack_sip 9876 1 nf_nat_sip
nf_conntrack_proto_sctp 8840 0
nf_conntrack_pptp 7168 1 nf_nat_pptp
nf_conntrack_proto_gre 6080 1 nf_conntrack_pptp
nf_conntrack_netlink 25152 0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 3328 0
nf_conntrack_irc 7320 1 nf_nat_irc
nf_conntrack_h323 48988 1 nf_nat_h323
ipv6 239460 57 nf_conntrack_h323
nf_conntrack_ftp 9984 1 nf_nat_ftp
xt_tcpmss 2496 0
xt_pkttype 2176 4
xt_physdev 2896 0
xt_NFQUEUE 2240 0
xt_NFLOG 2368 0
xt_multiport 3456 4
xt_MARK 2560 0
xt_mark 2176 0
xt_mac 2176 0
xt_limit 2880 0
xt_length 2240 0
xt_helper 3072 0
xt_hashlimit 10252 0
ip6_tables 13860 2 ip6table_filter,xt_hashlimit
xt_DSCP 2688 0
xt_dscp 2432 0
xt_dccp 3588 0
xt_conntrack 3072 3
xt_CONNMARK 3392 0
xt_connmark 2624 0
xt_CLASSIFY 2112 0
xt_tcpudp 3392 79
xt_state 2752 20
iptable_nat 7556 1
nf_nat 18348 14 ipt_SAME,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_NETMAP,ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_pptp,nf_nat_proto_gre,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_amanda,nf_conntrack_netlink,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4 18124 25 iptable_nat
nf_conntrack 61000 29 ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_CLUSTERIP,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_snmp_basic,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_pptp,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat_amanda,nf_conntrack_amanda,nf_conntrack_tftp,nf_conntrack_sip,nf_conntrack_proto_sctp,nf_conntrack_pptp,nf_conntrack_proto_gre,nf_conntrack_netlink,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_h323,nf_conntrack_ftp,xt_helper,xt_conntrack,xt_CONNMARK,xt_connmark,xt_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
iptable_mangle 3136 1
nfnetlink 6168 4 nf_conntrack_netlink,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack
iptable_filter 3264 1
ip_tables 12708 4 iptable_raw,iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
x_tables 14660 46 xt_comment,xt_policy,ipt_ULOG,ipt_TTL,ipt_ttl,ipt_TOS,ipt_tos,ipt_SAME,ipt_REJECT,ipt_REDIRECT,ipt_recent,ipt_owner,ipt_NETMAP,ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_LOG,ipt_iprange,ipt_ECN,ipt_ecn,ipt_CLUSTERIP,ipt_ah,ipt_addrtype,xt_tcpmss,xt_pkttype,xt_physdev,xt_NFQUEUE,xt_NFLOG,xt_multiport,xt_MARK,xt_mark,xt_mac,xt_limit,xt_length,xt_helper,xt_hashlimit,ip6_tables,xt_DSCP,xt_dscp,xt_dccp,xt_conntrack,xt_CONNMARK,xt_connmark,xt_CLASSIFY,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables
loop 17412 0
usblp 13632 0
snd_via82xx 27224 0
snd_ac97_codec 93220 1 snd_via82xx
analog 11680 0
rtc 13144 0
ac97_bus 2560 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 72772 2 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 21380 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10376 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 8384 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 23264 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8012 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 48804 7 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
gameport 15304 2 snd_via82xx,analog
i2c_viapro 8788 0
pcspkr 3392 0
parport_pc 34212 0
parport 34312 1 parport_pc
soundcore 7840 1 snd
i2c_core 24000 1 i2c_viapro
shpchp 31380 0
pci_hotplug 29568 1 shpchp
via_agp 10304 1
agpgart 32200 1 via_agp
evdev 9664 0
ext3 122696 6
jbd 55848 1 ext3
mbcache 8580 1 ext3
dm_mirror 21376 0
dm_snapshot 17252 0
dm_mod 52672 11 dm_mirror,dm_snapshot
raid1 22784 2
md_mod 74196 4 raid1
ide_cd 36896 0
cdrom 33184 1 ide_cd
ata_generic 7876 0
sd_mod 27584 8
via82cxxx 8964 0 [permanent]
floppy 55332 0
via_rhine 24136 0
ehci_hcd 31116 0
uhci_hcd 23376 0
usbcore 126024 4 usblp,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
generic 5124 0 [permanent]
ide_core 114372 3 ide_cd,via82cxxx,generic
sata_via 11780 8
libata 117168 2 ata_generic,sata_via
scsi_mod 137356 2 sd_mod,libata
sis900 22528 0
mii 5696 2 via_rhine,sis900
thermal 13768 0
processor 31496 1 thermal
fan 5124 0
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = update-grub
postrm_hook = update-grub
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
BOOT=local
DEVICE=eth0
NFSROOT=auto
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii cpio 2.9-13 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii findutils 4.4.0-2 utilities for finding files--find,
ii klibc-utils 1.5.11-3 small utilities built with klibc f
ii module-init-tools 3.4-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 0.114-2 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
pn busybox | busybox-initramfs <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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