Bug#816096: initramfs-tools: Error reporting false missing dependancy on busybox

[Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Christophe <christophe.curis@free.fr> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Sorry for the delay. I re-checked, and both packages were *not* installed! I gave a try with busybox-static and it does fix the problem. I also gave a try setting BUSYBOX=n in the initramfs.conf file, which also works.
>
> So this makes me wonder:
>  - if it is a (new) design choice to use Busybox, shouldn't it be added as a dependency?
>  - if not, shouldn't the variable be automatically set, with something like:
>
> if [ -x /bin/busybox ]; then
>   BUSYBOX=y
> else
>   BUSYBOX=n
> fi

As Ben always says, please read the NEWS.
If you didn't while upgrading initramfs-tools, it's placed under
/usr/share/doc/initramfs-tools/

Cheers,
-- 
Roger Shimizu, GMT +9 Tokyo
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