Bug#1029388: linux-image-6.1.0-2-amd64: system does not boot up when swap partion is a file

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Control: severity -1 important
Control: tags -1 + moreinfo

On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 11:12:37AM +0100, magnus wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 6.1.7-1
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> X-Debbugs-Cc: magnus.ekdahl@gmail.com
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> apt dist-upgrade from an older version of debian unstable
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> 
> I got some errors (unfortunatly not saved) from upgrade process. I.e. the
> script failed ***swap problem***, I assumed that meant the installation did not
> finish and the old kernel would boot up.
> 
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> 
> After bootup I got kenel panic. A working workaround was to:
> 
> 1. boot into live debian (from the debian installer via usb)
> 2. chroot into standard /
> 3. comment out swapfile from /etc/fstab (from chroot)
> 4. run apt upgrade again (this time it completed)
> 5. reboot into standard /
> 
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> 
> I expect that the kernel-package:
> 
> 1: can handle if fstab conain an entry like: /swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0
> 2: if the kenel installation script breaks, I expect the old kenerl to boot up.
> If this is currently not technically possible I would expect a clear warning
> that the system will be in a broken state if I reboot now.

Can you please try to get the respecive installation errors still from
the log files, you might get sucessful from /var/log/apt/term.log .
There was a similar issue reported earlier this week, but was not
found to be reproducible. So if you can get to this information that
would be helpful.

Regards,
Salvatore