Bug#783291: /bin/touch is missing if built with BUSYBOX=n

[Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer@acm.org>]

Michael Biebl wrote:

> Am 25.04.2015 um 15:55 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> > Am 25.04.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> >> I can reproduce the missing /bin/touch if I build the initramfs without
> >> busybox support. Can you check your /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
> >> if it contains BUSYBOX=n or if you have a snippet in
> >> /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/ which sets BUSYBOX=n. Can you confirm, that
> >> the missing /bin/touch is due to BUSYBOX=n?
> > 
> > The alternative is, that you have BUSYBOX=y, but you've uninstalled the
> > busybox package.
> > 
> > Mike, can you confirm that either one of those two is the case?

It's the latter: initramfs.conf has BUSYBOX=y, but busybox is not
installed.  I don't recall uninstalling it, but this VM has a pretty
long history.

regards,
mike