Bug#612633: initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs creates non working initramfs

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Benedikt Spranger wrote:

> Am Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:39:51 +0000
> schrieb maximilian attems <max@stro.at>:
> 
> > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 07:33:17PM +0100, Benedikt Spranger wrote:
> > > Am Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:48:36 +0000
> > > schrieb maximilian attems <max@stro.at>:
> > > > what does on that box 'ldconfig -p' show?
> Output attached.
> 

I see, and then we would need the ldconfig from inside the broken
initramfs, so you need

A) add ldconfig inside the initramfs
 echo "copy_exec /sbin/ldconfig /bin/" >> /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/busybox

B) generate the resulting initramfs
   (with the patched mkinitramfs adding /etc/ld.so.conf* to initramfs)

 mkinitramfs -o /tmp/foo.broken

C) unpack that initramfs

 mkdir /tmp/la && cd /tmp/la; zcat ../foo.broken | cpio -i

D) chroot into it

 chroot ./ /bin/sh

E) run ldconfig three times:
   (first invocation should tell that no cache around, second should
    built it and we need output of third)
 ldconfig -p
 ldconfig 
 ldconfig -p

thank you!

-- 
maks