Bug#627808: /init: 239: mv: not found

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

severity 627808 important
reassign 627808 klibc
stop

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 06:30:11PM +0100, Matthew Foulkes wrote:
> 
> After installing initramfs-tools 0.99, the following error message
> started appearing very early in the boot process:
> 
>   /init: 239: mv: not found
> 
> Fortunately, the system still boots.

ooops.
I had forgotten that rename(2) wasn't implemented in a q&d klibc mv.
 
> Unpacking /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-2-amd64 showed that line 239 of the
> init script is at the end of an "if" block containing two mv commands
> related to /run and udev.
> 
> After installing busybox (which initramfs-tools recommends but does not
> require) and running "update-initramfs -u", the error message vanished.
> 
> I do not pretend to understand how the initrd system works, but if
> busybox is now required I guess that initramfs-tools should depend on
> it. If not, this may be a bug.

It is indeed a bug, will see to have that for klibc 1.5.23

Thank you for report.

-- 
maks