Bug#815451: initramfs-tools: Fails to install without busybox (Depends vs. Recommends)

[Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf.meeuwissen@avasys.jp>]

Hi Ben,

Ben Hutchings writes:

> On Fri, 2016-03-04 at 09:03 +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> [...]
>> The initramfs.conf file says:
>> 
>> > 
>> > # BUSYBOX: [ y | n ]
>> > #
>> > # Use busybox if available
>> > #
>> > 
>> > BUSYBOX=y
>> Something does not make sense unless there is a typo, s/not/now/, in
>> Ben's initial comment.
>> 
>> I use the default initramfs.conf since my initial install.I upgrade to
>> initramfs-tools 0.123 and stuff breaks.You definitely have a non-clean
>> upgrade path here.
>
> On the contrary, the default initramfs.conf has changed BUSYBOX=y to
> BUSYBOX=auto. You chose not to accept that.

I don't recall doing so but that might have happened.  I don't have any
*.dpkg-new lying around anymore.

>> I'll fix my initramfs.conf manually but default setups that suddenly can
>> no longer create initramfs images is scary at best.
>> 
>> Please make the postinst modify initramfs.conf to disable busybox unless
>> available.While at it, also update the comment.
> [...]
>
> I did that too.

I grabbed a copy of the latest source and now use the initramfs.conf
that is shipped without any trouble.

Sorry for the noise,
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