Your message dated Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:37:04 +0000
with message-id <[email protected]>
and subject line Bug#1126810: fixed in busybox 1:1.37.0-10
has caused the Debian Bug report #1126810,
regarding busybox versions 1:1.37.0-8 and 1:1.37.0-9 removed $BUSYBOXDIR
stating that initramfs-tools no longer use it, however initramfs-tools depends
on initramfs-tools-core which still checks for and uses it in
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs
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1126810: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1126810
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Package: busybox
Version: 1:1.37.0-9
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
- busybox versions 1:1.37.0-8 and 1:1.37.0-9 removed $BUSYBOXDIR
stating that initramfs-tools no longer use it, however initramfs-tools depends
on initramfs-tools-core which still checks for and uses it in
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs
```shell
busybox (1:1.37.0-8) unstable; urgency=medium
* awk.c-fix-CVE-2023-42366-bug-15874.patch (Closes: #1059053)
* wget-disallow-control-chars-in-URLs-CVE-2025-60876.patch (Closes: #1120795)
* two patches (one from upstream and missing hunk) to fix CVE-2025-46394:
archival-libarchive-sanitize-filenames-on-output-CVE-2025-46394.patch
archival-libarchive-sanitize-filenames-on-output-CVE-2025-46394-2.patch
(Closes: #1104008)
* config: deb,static: enable resize applet
* initramfs-tools/conf-hooks.d/busybox: remove,
initramfs-tools don't use $BUSYBOXDIR anymore
* initramfs-tools/hooks/zz-busybox:
print applets added to initramfs in verbose mode
-- Michael Tokarev <[email protected]> Sun, 01 Feb 2026 19:29:24 +0300
```
```shell
dpkg -l | grep -i initramfs
iF initramfs-tools 0.150
all generic modular initramfs generator (automation)
ii initramfs-tools-bin 0.150
amd64 generic modular initramfs generator (binary tools)
ii initramfs-tools-core 0.150
all generic modular initramfs generator (core tools)
```
```shell
apt-cache depends initramfs-tools
initramfs-tools
Depends: initramfs-tools-core
Depends: linux-base
Conflicts: <linux-initramfs-tool>
dracut
tiny-initramfs
Suggests: bash-completion
```
```shell
apt-file show initramfs-tools-core
initramfs-tools-core: /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/bin/lsinitramfs
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/doc/initramfs-tools-core/changelog.gz
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/doc/initramfs-tools-core/copyright
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/doc/initramfs-tools-core/examples/example_hook
initramfs-tools-core:
/usr/share/doc/initramfs-tools-core/examples/example_script
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/doc/initramfs-tools-core/examples/framebuffer
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/doc/initramfs-tools-core/examples/modules
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/fsck
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/keymap
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/resume
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/thermal
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/init
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/modules
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/functions
initramfs-tools-core:
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/all_generic_ide
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/blacklist
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/keymap
initramfs-tools-core:
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/simple-framebuffer
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-premount/resume
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/nfs
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/lintian/overrides/initramfs-tools-core
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/man/man5/initramfs.conf.5.gz
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/man/man7/initramfs-tools.7.gz
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/man/man8/lsinitramfs.8.gz
initramfs-tools-core: /usr/share/man/man8/mkinitramfs.8.gz
```
```shell
sed -n '140,145p' /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs
# Check busybox dependency
if [ "${BUSYBOX}" = "y" ] && [ -z "${BUSYBOXDIR}" ]; then
echo >&2 "E: busybox or busybox-static is required but not installed"
exit 1
fi
```
* What was the outcome of this action?
```shell
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.18.8
E: busybox or busybox-static is required but not installed
update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-6.18.8 with 1.
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
old initramfs-tools package postinst maintainer script subprocess failed with
exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
```
* What outcome did you expect instead?
Successfull install / update of initramfs image.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.18.8 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_USER, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to en_US.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages busybox depends on:
ii libc6 2.42-11
busybox recommends no packages.
busybox suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: busybox
Source-Version: 1:1.37.0-10
Done: Michael Tokarev <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
busybox, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Michael Tokarev <[email protected]> (supplier of updated busybox package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:25:51 +0300
Source: busybox
Architecture: source
Version: 1:1.37.0-10
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Michael Tokarev <[email protected]>
Closes: 1126809 1126810
Changes:
busybox (1:1.37.0-10) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Revert "initramfs-tools/conf-hooks.d/busybox:
remove, initramfs-tools do not use $BUSYBOXDIR anymore"
As it turns out, it *is* used still.
(Closes: #1126810, #1126809)
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