** Description changed: ## FFE ## [ Rationale ] * kdump-tools currently depends on initramfs-tools for generating the kdump initrd used when taking the crashdump. We want to support dracut so that initramfs-tools doesn't need to be installed. This supports the plan to deprecate initramfs-tools to universe. [ Scope ] * This change adds support for building the kdump initrd with dracut so that initramfs-tools is no longer a required dependency. * This change is limited to the initrd generator functionality. There are also new tests included to cover the initrd generator selection and both the initramfs-tools and dracut initrd generation paths. * In the case of both dracut and initramfs-tools being installed, the dracut path is preferred. * Merge request: https://code.launchpad.net/~kevinbecker/ubuntu/+source/kdump- tools/+git/kdump-tools/+merge/509792 * seeded-in-ubuntu output: kdump-tools (from kdump-tools) is seeded in: ubuntu-core-installer: daily-live [ Regression Potential ] * If there was a regression here, it would be evident in the process of taking a crash dump. If the kdump initrd generation failed, then the system may be unable to take a crash dump. This initrd is only used for kdump, so any issues would be limited to the process of taking crash dumps. The main system initrd is unaffected. [ Testing ] * PPA: https://launchpad.net/~kevinbecker/+archive/ubuntu/kdump-dracut-test-5 * Autopkgtest * Manual test plan - Install kdump-tools update on stonking from PPA above - Reboot - Confirm kdump is configured with `kdump-config show`. If it isn't, do it manually ( https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/how-to/software/kernel-crash-dump/ ) - Take a dump manually ( # echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger ) - The crash dump should be taken now and the system should reboot - Confirm the dump exists in /var/crash - - Install the debug symbols for the kernel - - Use crash to inspect the crash dump [ Other Info ] * I plan to get these changes into Debian in the future, but didn't have the time to get it there first before stonking. [ Original Description ] supposedly ubuntu kdump & ubuntu dracut do not work together. like at all.
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