Uploaded a cherry-pick of the update-initramfs bits from the quantal
upload to precise-proposed.
** Description changed:
In the event that someone decides to install casper on their Ubuntu
system, which a lot of people apparently do decide to do, then they will
be unable to use update-initramfs which will cause package installation
failures for initramfs-tools.
Workaround:
Uninstall the casper package
+
+ [rational]
+ Some people are weird and install casper on a standard Ubuntu system.
+ The postinst then tries to mess with their update-initramfs, fails to do so
and causes a ton of bug reports.
+
+ This fix drops that code and moves the symlinking logic to a casper
+ script which apparently does the right thing since we haven't heard of
+ this bug again since 12.10 was released.
+
+ [test case]
+ 1) Install casper on a 12.04 system
+ 2) Check that the installation doesn't fail
+ 3) Check that installing another package doesn't fail
+ 4) Check that update-initramfs -u succeeds
+
+ [regression potential]
+ It's a perfect cherry-pick from the fix pushed to 12.10, so it should be
working fine.
+ The worst case scenario would be the symlinking magic failing in casper and
our live medias ending up without update-initramfs disabled, which would be a
bit annoying but not dramatic.
** Description changed:
In the event that someone decides to install casper on their Ubuntu
system, which a lot of people apparently do decide to do, then they will
be unable to use update-initramfs which will cause package installation
failures for initramfs-tools.
Workaround:
Uninstall the casper package
- [rational]
+ [rationale]
Some people are weird and install casper on a standard Ubuntu system.
The postinst then tries to mess with their update-initramfs, fails to do so
and causes a ton of bug reports.
This fix drops that code and moves the symlinking logic to a casper
script which apparently does the right thing since we haven't heard of
this bug again since 12.10 was released.
[test case]
1) Install casper on a 12.04 system
2) Check that the installation doesn't fail
3) Check that installing another package doesn't fail
4) Check that update-initramfs -u succeeds
[regression potential]
It's a perfect cherry-pick from the fix pushed to 12.10, so it should be
working fine.
The worst case scenario would be the symlinking magic failing in casper and
our live medias ending up without update-initramfs disabled, which would be a
bit annoying but not dramatic.
** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu Precise)
Assignee: Oliver Grawert (ogra) => Stéphane Graber (stgraber)
** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: Confirmed => In Progress
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installing casper on a non live system causes update-initramfs to fail
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