Bug#581377: initramfs-tools: Multipath does not load correctly at boot time

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

reassign 581377 initramfs-tools
forcemerge 337176 581377
stop

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 06:24:12PM -0400, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > an error like this:
> > ... /lib64/multipath/libcheckdirectio.so cannot open shared object file
> > Sorry, i didn't get the full message.
> > It semms that multipath is expecting this file in /lib64/multipath but
> > this file is located in /lib/multipath in the initrd-image.
> > When i create a symbolic link in lib64 pointing to lib/multipath the 
> > initializing of the multipaths works.
> 
> Almost certainly a bug in the multipath-tools package or its initramfs hook,
> not in initramfs-tools.  Reassigning.

this is a duplicate of #337176, badly reported.

will be working on it now that initramfs is GPL and can
"steal" the better dracut code in that area.

thanks