initramsfs-tools #762870

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initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by machinebacon » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:02 am

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.
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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by GekkoP » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:38 am

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

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by machinebacon » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:45 am

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.
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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by GekkoP » Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:18 am

Ok, thanks for the info. I won't change the kernel.

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by dkeg » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:01 am

woops, too late. I just will susp and not reboot until the fix comes out. Hopefully I remember

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by machinebacon » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:13 am

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.
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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:35 pm

Drew, maybe you can still revert to the older version?

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by dkeg » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:07 pm

I tried. No worky. Said it could not be located

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apt-get install initramfs-tools=0.116
Going from memory.
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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by machinebacon » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:16 pm

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To sweeten the download time. XD
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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by dkeg » Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:11 pm

thanks gents.

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by machinebacon » Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:27 am

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!
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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by anticapitalista » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:46 am

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.

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by GekkoP » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:53 am

^ Thanks.
I'll try it later on a test machine before, if you don't mind my fear. ;)

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by dkeg » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:06 pm

Six in one half a dozen in the other. If its all the same I'll just keep it on hold.

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by vic » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:36 pm

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
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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by machinebacon » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:30 pm

^ thanks vic!

It seems this is closed thanks to the fake package :) So, if somebody still has 0.116, try to skip the version.
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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by GekkoP » Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:12 pm

Working on mine too.

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by gutterslob » Sun Oct 05, 2014 3:28 pm

fwiw, I believe the issue has been resolved in initramfs-tools 0.118

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Re: initramsfs-tools #762870

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:38 pm

Yep.

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