Bug#774700: initramfs-tools: Cryptsetup tools are included by update-initramfs command

[Michaël Parienti <aleph-g+deb@parienti.net>]

Of course, the title of the bug should be changed into “Cryptsetup tools
not are included by update-initramfs command when they are necessary”.




On [2015-01-06 14:40:11], Michael P. wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.118
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> 
> The update-initramfs command create a initrd.img without cryptsetup
> tools, but my root partition is crypted.
> 
> I tried to debug a little the
> /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/cryptroot file and found that the
> add_device() function returned an empty string, when passing
> /faith--vg-root as first argument.
> 
> 
> I am on a new machine. Everything was fine after a fresh install from
> jessie beta 2 installer. But after an update, the machine didn't
> reboot anymore: grub halted after "Waiting for root device".
> 
> Then I booted in rescue mode, and compare the initrd.img of the bugged
> machine with the one from another machine installed the same way and
> working well.