Bug#812404: cp: failed to access '/tmp/user/0/mkinitramfs_2ypg84//bin/touch': Too many levels of symbolic links
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.122
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Setting up initramfs-tools-core (0.122) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf ...
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-1-amd64
cp: failed to access '/tmp/user/0/mkinitramfs_2ypg84//bin/touch': Too many levels of symbolic links
E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/fsprotect failed with return 1.
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-1-amd64 with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
# ls -al /tmp/user/0/mkinitramfs_Rfce4o/bin/
total 2172
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 23 10:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Jan 23 10:53 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1837392 Jan 22 08:31 busybox
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3963 Jan 10 18:58 cryptroot-unlock
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 211136 Nov 9 14:35 grep
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 244 May 13 2010 is_aufs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 154696 Dec 20 19:02 kmod
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 23 10:53 sh -> busybox
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Jan 23 10:53 touch -> touch
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That should probably be:
touch -> busybox
I don't really understand what's creating the `touch' symlink.
Never mind that, I found two `touch' instances in the mkinitramfs script.
Those can also be replaced with redirections. But, the correct shell
redirection replacement for `touch' is:
>>filepath
not:
>filepath
as the latter will also truncate the 'filepath'.
Here is a patch proposal:
--- mkinitramfs.orig 2016-01-18 21:05:05.000000000 +0100
+++ mkinitramfs 2016-01-23 12:18:26.970456642 +0100
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
usage
fi
-touch "$outfile"
+>> "$outfile"
outfile="$(readlink -f "$outfile")"
# And by "version" we really mean path to kernel modules
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
fi
# fstab and mtab
-touch "${DESTDIR}/etc/fstab"
+>> "${DESTDIR}/etc/fstab"
ln -s /proc/mounts "${DESTDIR}/etc/mtab"
# module-init-tools
Still, that is not the problem cause. The problem occurs somewhere in
or after `update-initramfs', in a copy operation.
Downgrading to version 0.120 for now.
-- Package-specific info:
-- initramfs sizes
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19M Dec 23 14:43 /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-1-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20M Jan 23 10:57 /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-1-amd64
-- /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.3.0-1-amd64 root=UUID=86271730-a611-4f51-a4d0-f0028b70b2ce ro cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount vga=795
...
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
COMPRESS=gzip
DEVICE=
NFSROOT=auto
-- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf
update_initramfs=yes
backup_initramfs=no
-- mkinitramfs hooks
/etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/:
reiserfsprogs
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks:
bootcdinitramfshook
busybox
cryptgnupg
cryptkeyctl
cryptopenct
cryptopensc
cryptpassdev
cryptroot
cryptroot-unlock
dmsetup
fsck
fsprotect
fuse
keymap
klibc
kmod
lvm2
mdadm
ntfs_3g
resume
thermal
udev
v86d
zz-busybox
zz_nvidia-blacklists-nouveau
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii busybox-static [busybox] 1:1.22.0-17
ii cpio 2.11+dfsg-4.1
ii klibc-utils 2.0.4-7
ii kmod 22-1
ii udev 228-4+b1
Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii busybox-static [busybox] 1:1.22.0-17
Versions of packages initramfs-tools suggests:
ii bash-completion 1:2.1-4.2
-- no debconf information
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