Bug#588936: initramfs-tools: still does not work with kernel-package kernels

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

reassign 588936 kernel-package
stop

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 05:23:39PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.97.2
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> there was a bug about initramfs not created for kernel-package kernels.
> 
> I am trying to build a live CD with a kernel-package kernel and the
> initramfs is still not created:

first of all kernel-package is legacy, use make deb-pkg.
 
> P: Begin install linux-image...
> cp: cannot stat `chroot/boot/initrd.img-*': No such file or directory

how on earth is this an initramfs-tools trouble?

> P: Begin unmounting filesystems...
> root@virtual:6(2) 07131715 1161]/srv/dl-test # ls chroot/boot/
> config-2.6.34-1-686  System.map-2.6.34-1-686  vmlinuz-2.6.34-1-686
> root@virtual:6(2) 07131716 1162]/srv/dl-test # chroot chroot
> update-initramfs -u -k all
> root@virtual:6(2) 07131716 1163]/srv/dl-test # chroot chroot
> update-initramfs -c -k all

both this calls make no sense.

> root@virtual:6(2) 07131716 1164]/srv/dl-test # chroot chroot
> update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.34-1-686
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.34-1-686
> 
> Moreover there is no way to diagnose this failure as the initramfs-tools
> kernel postinst.d script does not say if it buils an initramfs or not.

if it is not invoked not indeed.
proper diagnosis is welcome.