Bug#565225: marked as done (don't assume RESUME partition will never change)
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and subject line Bug#565225: fixed in initramfs-tools 0.114
has caused the Debian Bug report #565225,
regarding don't assume RESUME partition will never change
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Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.93.4
How can one just _assume_ that nobody will ever adjust their disk
partitions ever?
In /var/lib/dpkg/info/initramfs-tools.preinst
you do
# First time install. Can we autodetect the RESUME partition?
So then forever and ever
/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume and thus
$ zcat /boot/initrd.img-2.6.*-trunk-686|cpio -i --to-stdout conf/conf.d/resume
contain this never changing resume partition from years ago when we
first bought the computer.
OK, now let's look at what happens when the user boots.
He will see
Loading... please wait
readlink: No such file or directory
Which of course also zip way off the screen, and don't end up in any
logs.
Now he will wonder "gee, those guys are missing the "readlink" command".
Bug#564812
And when one day he does actually try to resume... who knows what will
happen.
Anyway it makes much more sense to check where the swap space is located
upon each time /boot/initrd.img.* is made. -- And perhaps even more like
each boot or shutdown or ... suspend.
Or upon boot warn the user that it was detected that his swap partition
is not where it used to be, and he should now "remove and reinstall
initramfs-tools"! (as apparently there is no script command to fix it
short of editing the file by hand.) ... (And don't just let the message
fly off the screen beyond where Shift PgUp can reach, and not kept in
any log file.)
Also man initramfs-tools:
resume
On install initramfs-tools tries to autodetect the resume parti-
tion. On success the RESUME variable is written to
/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume. The boot variable noresume
overrides it.
Here again it is like the author _just assumes_ that the RESUME part of
the computer is the only part of the computer that never could change.
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: initramfs-tools
Source-Version: 0.114
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
initramfs-tools, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 565225@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> (supplier of updated initramfs-tools package)
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:04:19 +0200
Source: initramfs-tools
Binary: initramfs-tools
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.114
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian kernel team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>
Description:
initramfs-tools - generic modular initramfs generator
Closes: 565225 707040 721519
Changes:
initramfs-tools (0.114) unstable; urgency=low
.
[ Ian Campbell ]
* [90f4cdb] include ehci-orion in auto_add_modules_list (Closes: #721519)
.
[ maximilian attems ]
* [fef37d5] hooks: Add resume hook instead of hardcoding RESUME once on
preinst (Closes: #565225, LP 50437)
* [5550692] hooks/resume: First check if a valid RESUME config is set
* [e268df7] initramfs-tools.8: Document new resume handling
* [6f0396a] hooks/klibc: Check for existence of klibc dash instead of
executable property (Closes: #707040)
* [9c823ad] mkinitramfs: check if initramfs has a shell
* [6ad0985] hooks/resume: Fix function call
* Update to latest standards version 3.9.4.
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