Bug#865301: linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64: /vmlinuz and /initrd.img not updated after custom kernel build and install
Package: src:linux
Version: 4.9.30-2+deb9u1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
After building and installing a new kernel following the Debian way, the
symlinks /vmlinuz and /initrd.img are not updated to point to the last
kernel files.
>From a base Debian 9 netinstall installation:
apt-get install libncurses5-dev build-essential fakeroot ncurses-dev linux-headers-amd64 linux-source
apt-get build-dep linux
cd /usr/src && tar -xaf linux-source-4.9.tar.xz
cd linux-source-4.9/
make menuconfig (General setup > Local version "id")
scripts/config --disable DEBUG_INFO
make clean
make -j 2 deb-pkg
cd .. && dpkg -i *.deb
(...)
Selecting previously unselected package linux-image-4.9.30id.
(Reading database ... 72448 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack linux-image-4.9.30id_4.9.30id-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-image-4.9.30id (4.9.30id-1) ...
Setting up linux-image-4.9.30id (4.9.30id-1) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.9.30id
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.30id
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.9.30id
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-3-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-3-amd64
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
done
# ls -lhart /boot/
total 47M
drwx------ 3 root root 4.0K Jan 1 1970 efi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.1M Jun 18 10:14 vmlinuz-4.9.0-3-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.1M Jun 18 10:14 System.map-4.9.0-3-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 183K Jun 18 10:14 config-4.9.0-3-amd64
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4.0K Jun 19 11:07 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18M Jun 20 10:35 initrd.img-4.9.0-3-amd64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.9M Jun 20 13:35 vmlinuz-4.9.30id
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.0M Jun 20 13:35 System.map-4.9.30id
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127K Jun 20 13:35 config-4.9.30id
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16M Jun 20 13:37 initrd.img-4.9.30id
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Jun 20 13:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Jun 20 13:37 grub
# ls -al /vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jun 19 11:07 /vmlinuz ->
boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-3-amd64
# ls -al /vmlinuz.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jun 19 11:07 /vmlinuz.old ->
boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-3-amd64
# ls -al /initrd.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 19 11:07 /initrd.img ->
boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-3-amd64
# ls -al /initrd.img.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 19 11:07 /initrd.img.old ->
boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-3-amd64
After the installation, the right symlinks must be:
/vmlinuz --> /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.30id
/initrd.img --> /boot/initrd.img-4.9.30id
Thanks,
-- Package-specific info:
** Version:
Linux version 4.9.0-3-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 6.3.0 20170516 (Debian 6.3.0-18) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.9.30-2+deb9u1 (2017-06-18)
** Command line:
root=UUID=e0cba79d-ca0a-499a-9345-a73ac53ab355 ro quiet rootfstype=ext4 add_efi_memmap initrd=\EFI\debian\initrd.img
** Not tainted
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 depends on:
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.130
ii kmod 23-2
ii linux-base 4.5
Versions of packages linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 recommends:
pn firmware-linux-free <none>
pn irqbalance <none>
Versions of packages linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 suggests:
pn debian-kernel-handbook <none>
ii grub-efi-amd64 2.02~beta3-5
pn linux-doc-4.9 <none>
Versions of packages linux-image-4.9.0-3-amd64 is related to:
pn firmware-amd-graphics <none>
pn firmware-atheros <none>
pn firmware-bnx2 <none>
pn firmware-bnx2x <none>
pn firmware-brcm80211 <none>
pn firmware-cavium <none>
pn firmware-intel-sound <none>
pn firmware-intelwimax <none>
pn firmware-ipw2x00 <none>
pn firmware-ivtv <none>
pn firmware-iwlwifi <none>
pn firmware-libertas <none>
pn firmware-linux-nonfree <none>
pn firmware-misc-nonfree <none>
pn firmware-myricom <none>
pn firmware-netxen <none>
pn firmware-qlogic <none>
pn firmware-realtek <none>
pn firmware-samsung <none>
pn firmware-siano <none>
pn firmware-ti-connectivity <none>
pn xen-hypervisor <none>
-- no debconf information
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