Package: initramfs-tools Severity: important The latest version of initramfs-tools (0.44) calls update-initramfs in postinst to regenerate the latest initramfs on upgrades (see initramfs-tools changelog, version 0.40ubuntu6).
This can be potentially very dangerous if the newer initramfs-tools for some reason generates unbootable images as all images will be replaced with unbootable ones (meaning that even older kernels kept in /boot as a fallback solution might fail). For instance, earlier combinations of initramfs-tools and udev automatically loaded the ide-disk module for me. 0.44 doesn't and since it replaced all initramfs-images without warning, none of my kernels boot (ok, it was simple to fix, insmod the module, resume boot, then fix the error and regenerate the images). I think the auto-regereration should: o be reverted; or o carry a big warning; or o be configurable Regards, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]