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and subject line Re: Freeze exception request for intel-microcode and
amd64-microcode
has caused the Debian Bug report #690285,
regarding unblock: amd64-microcode/1.20120910-2
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Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
User: [email protected]
Usertags: unblock
Please unblock package amd64-microcode
Unfortunately, both amd64-microcode and intel-microcode can trigger a very
nasty bug in initramfs-tools that renders the initramfs unusable, and
therefore may make the system unbootable.
It will only happen when initramfs-tools is incapable of creating ORDER
files (e.g. because of noexec $TMPDIR or noexec /tmp with $TMPDIR unset),
so it should be pretty rare. But still, the consequences are dire...
kinda like some of the processor errata the packages fix, I suppose :-)
This has bitten an user of intel-microcode. Please refer to bug #689301
and #688794.
This upload works around the bug in initramfs-tools, which is the safest
way to go about it (especially considering backports).
debdiff attached. diffstat:
changelog | 9 +++++++++
initramfs.init-premount | 2 +-
rules | 7 +++++--
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
unblock amd64-microcode/1.20120910-2
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500,
'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.31+ (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
diff -Nru amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/changelog
amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/changelog
--- amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/changelog 2012-09-14 16:50:50.000000000
-0300
+++ amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/changelog 2012-10-09 08:18:25.000000000
-0300
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+amd64-microcode (1.20120910-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * initramfs: work around initramfs-tools bug #688794.
+ Use "_" in place of "+-." for the initramfs script name. This works
+ around a PANIC during boot when the initramfs was created in a system
+ with noexec $TMPDIR.
+
+ -- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[email protected]> Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:18:01
-0300
+
amd64-microcode (1.20120910-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* AMD microcode release 20120910
diff -Nru amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/initramfs.init-premount
amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/initramfs.init-premount
--- amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/initramfs.init-premount 2012-09-14
12:27:31.000000000 -0300
+++ amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/initramfs.init-premount 2012-10-09
08:17:36.000000000 -0300
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
# dependencies: firmware loader, microcode kernel support (built-in/module)
-PREREQ="udev"
+PREREQ=""
prereqs()
{
diff -Nru amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/rules
amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/rules
--- amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/rules 2012-09-14 12:27:31.000000000
-0300
+++ amd64-microcode-1.20120910/debian/rules 2012-10-09 08:17:36.000000000
-0300
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
# DebHelper control
export DH_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE=CVS:.svn:.git
+# Work around Debian bug #688794
+INITRAMFS_NAME := $(subst -,_,$(subst +,_,$(subst .,_,$(PACKAGE))))
+
build-indep:
build-arch:
@@ -30,10 +33,10 @@
mkdir -p "$(PKGDIR)/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks"
install -m 755 "$(DEBDIR)/initramfs.hook" \
- "$(PKGDIR)/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/$(PACKAGE)"
+ "$(PKGDIR)/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/$(INITRAMFS_NAME)"
mkdir -p "$(PKGDIR)/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount"
install -m 755 "$(DEBDIR)/initramfs.init-premount" \
-
"$(PKGDIR)/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/$(PACKAGE)"
+
"$(PKGDIR)/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-premount/$(INITRAMFS_NAME)"
binary: install
dh_testdir
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Hi,
On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 12:06:38AM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> I did! The bug numbers mentioned in the "please consider unblocking"
> sentence are the bug numbers of the unblock request bugs (#690285 and
> #690286).
sorry, I mentally took them for references to the bugs in the packages.
That mail should then have been sent to the two bugs instead of d-release.
Both are now unblocked, thanks for your work!
Kind regards
Philipp Kern
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