** Description changed: please add api to repack initramfs - from the results of unpackinitramfs, including all early & main dirs + from the results of unpackinitramfs, including all early & main dirs. + + Userstory: i want to tweak my initrd in-place by replacing broken + libc.so.6 with a patched one, I want to use unmkinitramfs, modify files + in main, repack it and boot it. + + CLI: + + $ unmkinitramfs /boot/initrd.img unpacked-initrd + $ ls unpacked-initrd/ + early early2 main + $ (edit things in unpacked-initrd/main/) + $ remkinitramfs unpacked-initrd patched-initrd.img + + Where patched-initrd.img is now similar to /boot/initrd.img, apart from + the changed things. + + I expect remkinitramfs like functionality that will take the output of + unmkinitramfs (e.g. unpacked-initrd/) directory as input, do + uncompressed cpio archives out of all the subdirs, make compressed cpio + archive out of main, and produce a patched-initrd.img that is ready for + booting. + + It is very close to what mkinitramfs does, but skip calling all the + hooks to create things a fresh, and just do the final assembly step of + cpio and compression.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2036886 Title: please add api to repack initramfs Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: please add api to repack initramfs from the results of unpackinitramfs, including all early & main dirs. Userstory: i want to tweak my initrd in-place by replacing broken libc.so.6 with a patched one, I want to use unmkinitramfs, modify files in main, repack it and boot it. CLI: $ unmkinitramfs /boot/initrd.img unpacked-initrd $ ls unpacked-initrd/ early early2 main $ (edit things in unpacked-initrd/main/) $ remkinitramfs unpacked-initrd patched-initrd.img Where patched-initrd.img is now similar to /boot/initrd.img, apart from the changed things. I expect remkinitramfs like functionality that will take the output of unmkinitramfs (e.g. unpacked-initrd/) directory as input, do uncompressed cpio archives out of all the subdirs, make compressed cpio archive out of main, and produce a patched-initrd.img that is ready for booting. It is very close to what mkinitramfs does, but skip calling all the hooks to create things a fresh, and just do the final assembly step of cpio and compression. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/2036886/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
