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initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:02 am
by machinebacon
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=762870
version 0.117 is broken, stay with 0.116 for now! Else you won't be able to boot.
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:38 am
by GekkoP
I dist-upgraded last night so I didn't see this one. But everything's fine on Haggis.
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initramfs-tools:
Installed: 0.117
Candidate: 0.117
Version table:
*** 0.117 0
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:45 am
by machinebacon
If it still boots with the new initramfs-tools package, it means that the initramfs wasn't updated (for example by installing a newer kernel). So if possible do not run 'update-initramfs' or do not install newer kernels with the broken initramfs-tools package.
Having the newer initramfs-tools package is no problem per se, but the generated initrd.img won't boot.
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:18 am
by GekkoP
Ok, thanks for the info. I won't change the kernel.
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:01 am
by dkeg
woops, too late. I just will susp and not reboot until the fix comes out. Hopefully I remember
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:13 am
by machinebacon
Good idea. If you are lucky, and you have older initrd.img's in the list, you can boot to them. For this you have to show the Extended menu in GRUB and pick a previous kernel. But sudo pm-suspend is the best idea for now.
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:35 pm
by ivanovnegro
Drew, maybe you can still revert to the older version?
Thanks for the warning Bacon!
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:07 pm
by dkeg
I tried. No worky. Said it could not be located
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apt-get install initramfs-tools=0.116
Going from memory.
No worries.
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:13 pm
by GekkoP
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:16 pm
by machinebacon
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To sweeten the download time. XD
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:11 pm
by dkeg
thanks gents.
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:27 am
by machinebacon
I think we can dare to upgrade if we have siduction fixes in our sources.list:
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policy initramfs-tools
initramfs-tools:
Installed: 0.116
Candidate: 0.117.2~really~0.116
Version table:
0.117.2~really~0.116 0
500 http://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/siduction/fixes/ unstable/main i386 Packages
0.117 0
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
*** 0.116 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Their fix is to provide 0.116 as placeholder for 0.117 and thus preventing to put things on hold manually. Thanks to the uncles at siduction!
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:46 am
by anticapitalista
On antiX-Sid, initramfs-tools 0.117 (the debian one) did not break. I have done several update-initramfs since. Apparently you need busybox on your system.
http://aptosid.com/index.php?name=PNphp ... pic&t=2829
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:53 am
by GekkoP
^ Thanks.
I'll try it later on a test machine before, if you don't mind my fear. ;)
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:06 pm
by dkeg
Six in one half a dozen in the other. If its all the same I'll just keep it on hold.
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:36 pm
by vic
Ok here, so far.
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vic@grill:~$ policy initramfs-tools
initramfs-tools:
Installed: 0.117.2~really~0.116
Candidate: 0.117.2~really~0.116
Version table:
*** 0.117.2~really~0.116 0
500 http://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/siduction/fixes/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.117 0
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:30 pm
by machinebacon
^ thanks vic!
It seems this is closed thanks to the fake package :) So, if somebody still has 0.116, try to skip the version.
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:12 pm
by GekkoP
Working on mine too.
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 3:28 pm
by gutterslob
fwiw, I believe the issue has been resolved in initramfs-tools 0.118
Re: initramsfs-tools #762870
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:38 pm
by ivanovnegro
Yep.