Hi,
* Benjamin Drung <[email protected]> [250929 14:20]:
On Mon, 2025-09-29 at 13:26 +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 11:00:58AM +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote:
>
> util-linux 2.41.2-2 removed pivot_root and switch_root, but Dracut uses
> switch_root. The Dracut autopkgtest fails in TEST-11-USR-MOUNT:
>
> ```
> dracut-install: ERROR: installing 'switch_root'
> dracut[E]: FAILED: /usr/lib/dracut/dracut-install -D
/tmp/autopkgtest-lxc.bb02sljd/downtmp/autopkgtest_tmp/dracut.dmXUE5S/initramfs -a
switch_root
> dracut[F]: Failed to install switch_root
> ```
>
> Please bring back switch_root or suggest an alternative.
Can dracut use klibc's implementation? Then both initramfs builders
would use the same implementation.
If that is not possible I will bring it back. Sorry for having
missing this.
As far I see klibc only implements pivot_root but not switch_root.
Supporting klibc would be non-trivial.
I think the program is called run-init there; but lets ignore klibc.
Since switch_root is only needed for the non-system boot, how about
bringing switch_root back to util-linux-extra?
I'm not sure what that means -exactly-, but yes, I can put it into
util-linux-extra.
Would dracut or only its tests then get a dependency on
util-linux-extra?
Can dracut deal with switch_root being in /usr/bin (and not in
/usr/sbin as previously)? If so, that would be preferable.
Thank you!
Chris
