Bug#861151: W: initramfs-tools configuration sets RESUME=UUID=... warning even though RESUME=none

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Sven Joachim wrote on 26/04/17 00:48:
> On 2017-04-25 12:52 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
>
> > Package: initramfs-tools
> > Version: 0.129
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> >
> >    * What led up to the situation?
> >
> > set RESUME=none in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf but
> > still get messages:
> >
> > W: initramfs-tools configuration sets RESUME=UUID=604db355-002c-4f41-b31c-438fe788b26d
>
> That may be coming from a stale file /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume,
> which is the location where the RESUME variable had to be set in
> versions prior to 0.129.
>
> AFAICS mkinitramfs sources /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf before
> any files in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d which does not look quite
> right, but maybe there are reasons for that.
>
> > W: but no matching swap device is available.
> > I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sda4
> > I: (UUID=0e388c35-a730-4a86-ac45-e11486b3e992)
> > I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
> >
> > As far as I can tell, on boot up there is no attempt to resume from that UUID.
>
> Did you hibernate first?
>
> Cheers,
>        Sven

There was an old /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume file.

I had never used hibernation.

Removing the /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume file fixed things.

Thanks for your help!

Arthur.