Control: tag -1 wontfix
On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:21:14 -0600 Glenn Washburn
<development@efficientek.com> wrote:
> Package: initramfs-tools-core
> Version: 0.130ubuntu3.9
> Severity: normal
> Tags: newcomer
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> When adding "debug" to the kernel commandline debug output is turned on and is
> very useful for debugging. However, none of the scripts (eg. local-premount/resume)
> recognize the debug variable to turn on tracing as in init. I simply added the
> line "[ -n "${debug}" ] && set -x" as the first line in local-premount/resume
> and now I get debug logging when the debug kernel parameter is added. This line
> should be added to all scripts, or at least the scripts run by "run_parts".
I think this would be a surprising interpretation of the "debug" kernel
parameter, and it could leak sensitive information to the screen. So I
won't be making this change.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein
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