Bug#394301: make-live: Problems with multiple initrd images
Package: live-package
Version: 0.99.10-1
Severity: important
When somehow there are multiple initrd images generated, in particular when
update-initramfs decided that a backup should be made, the command to move the
image into the isolinux directory fails. The command is in
/usr/share/make-live/scripts/21image.sh, lines 224, 228, 237 and 240 (for
several situations). The lines all look like this one:
mv "${LIVE_CHROOT}"/boot/initrd.img-* "${LIVE_ROOT}"/binary/isolinux/initrd.gz
The problem is that when there is more than one file which matches the
pattern, mv gets more than two arguments and wants the last one to be a
directory. Obviously it isn't, so it breaks with a "not a directory" error.
I've seen this happen when updating the initrd from my hook script (creating a
backup). The obvious workaround is to remove the backup. The reason I've set
the severity to important is that it also happened when trying to build an
etch image (flavour minimal). In that case I didn't do any related things in
the hook script. Making an unstable image instead solved the problem.
Thanks,
Bas
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