Bug#624702: initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs doesn't honor setting of BOOTDIR when searching for config-... files
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 6:38 PM, maximilian attems m...@stro.at wrote:
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On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 02:41:14PM -0400, Stirling Westrup wrote:
Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.98.8
Severity: normal
care to post your usage of BOOTDIR?
not sure it this variable is even documented or well working at all.
BOOTDIR is a variable used in update-initramfs and controls where the
script expects to find initrd.img files. By default it is set to
'/boot' but can be overridden with a setting in update-initramfs.conf
or by passing the -b option to update-initramfs.
This seems to work quite well, but the problem comes when
update-initramfs calls mkinitramfs. mkinitramfs has no equivalent
variable or command line argument and so always searches in /boot for
kernel config files.
I'm willing to submit a patch to fix this, as its really quite trivial
to fix, but I'm unsure how the maintainers will agree with my fix
which is:
1) expose an internal variable in mkinitramfs.conf so one can set a
default location to look for kernel config files.
2) give mkinitramfs a new command-line option for setting where it
looks for kernel config files. ('-s' for 'search' maybe, as all the
obvious contenders are already in use.), and which overrides the
internal variable mentioned above.
3) have update-initramfs pass the new option to mkinitramfs whenever
it is invoked with its -b option.
The above assumes that one will always want to place the kernel config
files in the same directory as the kernel images themselves. If that's
a bad assumption, then a more complex fix would be required.
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Bug#624702: initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs doesn't honor setting of BOOTDIR when searching for config-... files
On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 07:00:46AM -0400, Stirling Westrup wrote: BOOTDIR is a variable used in update-initramfs and controls where the script expects to find initrd.img files. By default it is set to '/boot' but can be overridden with a setting in update-initramfs.conf or by passing the -b option to update-initramfs. right mkinitramfs does it only at one place and it is a bug. I'd prefer to have it no knownledge of bootdir and not do such funky things. usually blocking those, there i overlooked. thanks -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#624702: initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs doesn't honor setting of BOOTDIR when searching for config-... files
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:01 AM, maximilian attems m...@stro.at wrote: On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 07:00:46AM -0400, Stirling Westrup wrote: BOOTDIR is a variable used in update-initramfs and controls where the script expects to find initrd.img files. By default it is set to '/boot' but can be overridden with a setting in update-initramfs.conf or by passing the -b option to update-initramfs. right mkinitramfs does it only at one place and it is a bug. I'd prefer to have it no knownledge of bootdir and not do such funky things. usually blocking those, there i overlooked. Okay, but how will it handle the case of grepping config files if it can't find them? -- Stirling Westrup Programmer, Entrepreneur. https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/77228 http://www.linkedin.com/in/swestrup http://technaut.livejournal.com http://sourceforge.net/users/stirlingwestrup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#624702: initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs doesn't honor setting of BOOTDIR when searching for config-... files
On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 09:07:41AM -0400, Stirling Westrup wrote: On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:01 AM, maximilian attems m...@stro.at wrote: On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 07:00:46AM -0400, Stirling Westrup wrote: BOOTDIR is a variable used in update-initramfs and controls where the script expects to find initrd.img files. By default it is set to '/boot' but can be overridden with a setting in update-initramfs.conf or by passing the -b option to update-initramfs. right mkinitramfs does it only at one place and it is a bug. I'd prefer to have it no knownledge of bootdir and not do such funky things. usually blocking those, there i overlooked. Okay, but how will it handle the case of grepping config files if it can't find them? well the grepping is wrong. it should only do version comparison for XZ and LZO with appropriate cut off. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#624702: initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs doesn't honor setting of BOOTDIR when searching for config-... files
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.98.8 Severity: normal -- Package-specific info: -- initramfs sizes -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4548542 Apr 22 10:19 /boot/OS/00_Debian/initrd.img-2.6.34-zen1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3655239 Apr 22 10:19 /boot/OS/00_Debian/initrd.img-2.6.36 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3378621 Apr 22 10:19 /boot/OS/00_Debian/initrd.img-2.6.36-zen2-sti-02 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3244997 Apr 30 13:46 /boot/OS/00_Debian/initrd.img-2.6.36-zen2-sti-03 -- /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/OS/00_Debian/vmlinuz-2.6.36-zen2-sti-03 root=LABEL=Debian-Root ro video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:2 fbcon=scrollback:128 vga=0x318 -- resume RESUME=/dev/hdb3 -- /proc/filesystems reiserfs ext3 ext2 ext4 vfat msdos iso9660 udf jfs xfs ocfs2 gfs2 gfs2meta fuseblk -- lsmod Module Size Used by nvidia 10277077 38 vboxnetadp 5420 0 vboxnetflt 14681 0 bluetooth 56557 2 ipv6 263078 50 bridge 62594 0 stp 1887 1 bridge llc 4645 2 bridge,stp i2c_i8017723 0 ioatdma37622 0 dca 6122 1 ioatdma vhba7829 2 coretemp4614 0 hwmon_vid 2891 0 fuse 66720 1 vboxdrv 1790232 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt -- /etc/initramfs-tools/modules -- /etc/kernel-img.conf # Kernel image management overrides # See kernel-img.conf(5) for details do_symlinks = yes relative_links = yes do_bootloader = no do_bootfloppy = no do_initrd = yes link_in_boot = no -- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf MODULES=most BUSYBOX=y KEYMAP=n COMPRESS=gzip BOOT=local DEVICE= NFSROOT=auto -- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf update_initramfs=yes backup_initramfs=no BOOTDIR=/boot/OS/00_Debian -- mkinitramfs hooks /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks: busybox dmraid dmsetup keymap klibc lvm2 thermal udev v86d -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (600, 'unstable'), (550, 'experimental'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-zen2-sti-03 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on: ii cpio 2.11-7 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii findutils 4.4.2-1+b1 utilities for finding files--find, ii klibc-utils 1.5.21-1 small utilities built with klibc f ii module-init-tools 3.12-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo ii udev 168-1 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends: ii busybox 1:1.18.4-2 Tiny utilities for small and embed Versions of packages initramfs-tools suggests: ii bash-completion 1:1.3-1programmable completion for the ba -- Configuration Files: /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf changed: update_initramfs=yes backup_initramfs=no BOOTDIR=/boot/OS/00_Debian -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#624702: initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs doesn't honor setting of BOOTDIR when searching for config-... files
tags 624702 moreinfo stop On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 02:41:14PM -0400, Stirling Westrup wrote: Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.98.8 Severity: normal care to post your usage of BOOTDIR? not sure it this variable is even documented or well working at all. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4548542 Apr 22 10:19 /boot/OS/00_Debian/initrd.img-2.6.34-zen1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3655239 Apr 22 10:19 /boot/OS/00_Debian/initrd.img-2.6.36 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3378621 Apr 22 10:19 /boot/OS/00_Debian/initrd.img-2.6.36-zen2-sti-02 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3244997 Apr 30 13:46 /boot/OS/00_Debian/initrd.img-2.6.36-zen2-sti-03 oh here I see something. -- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf update_initramfs=yes backup_initramfs=no BOOTDIR=/boot/OS/00_Debian ah and here too. thank you, regards -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
