On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 06:25:12PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: tag -1 moreinfo > > On Wed, 2014-10-01 at 14:39 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote: > > Package: initramfs-tools > > Version: 0.117 > > Severity: normal > > > > Hi, > > I had to revert back to 0.116 version of the package becasue my kernel > > didn't boot when initrd has been generated by 0.117 version becasue of > > the missing CONFIG_DEVTMPFS. System cannot find /sbin/init as the > > result. > > > > I have checked the changelog between the to versions and it doesn't > > mention this new requirement for the kernel configuration. Is this > > change intentional? > > initramfs-tools relies on udev to create device nodes, and that now > requires CONFIG_DEVTMPFS: > > systemd (204-4) unstable; urgency=low > > * Add preinst check to abort udev upgrade if the currently running kernel > lacks devtmpfs support. Since udev 176, devtmpfs is mandatory as udev no > longer creates any device nodes itself. This only affects self-compiled > kernels which now need CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y. Closes: #722580 > > However this should also affect an initramfs newly built with > initramfs-tools 0.116. > > Which version of udev is installed?
175-7.2 (which is from stable) to stay away from systemd. > Did you rebuild the initramfs or revert to a backup version? I have reverted to 0.116 which works just fine. I am perfectly OK with staying with this version but maybe the newer version should depend on systemd so the reason for this requirement is clear. Thanks! -- Michal Hocko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
