Bug#670950: initramfs-tools: update-initramfs failed (modules.builtin not found)

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 07:19:39PM +0200, Frank Kottler wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.102
> Severity: important
> 
> Hi,
> 
> when trying to execute update-initramfs -u, the program fails with the following output:

Why do you say it fails?

> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.1.0-1-686-pae
> WARNING: could not open /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_WvF6h2/lib/modules/3.1.0-1-686-pae/modules.builtin: No such file or directory

This warning is emitted by kmod for old Linux kernel packages that
don't include this file.  It doesn't affect current testing/unstable
packages.

That said, the warning should not be shown for kernel versions
< 2.6.33 (the first version that generated modules.builtin).

Ben.

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