/init: line 327: egrep: not found

[Removed by request]

I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 dev with upstart 1.12.1-0ubuntu4 and on every boot I'm seeing the message "/init: line 327: egrep: not found" but egrep is installed on my system:

sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ egrep -V
egrep (GNU grep) 2.18
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Mike Haertel and others, see <http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/tree/AUTHORS>.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[syscon-hh (syscon-kono)]

This bug was introduced by upgrade the packages
 * busybox-initramfs
 * busybox-static
from issue "1.22.0-5ubuntu1" to "1.22-0-6ubuntu1"

Downgrade to the mentioned former version (anymore available in the archives, but stored localy) or to "1.21.0-1ubuntu1" followed by
 * "sudo update-initramfs -u"
eliminates the bug described.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.103ubuntu6

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initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu6) utopic; urgency=medium

  * Create /bin/egrep -> busybox symlink, because initramfs-tools
    scripts/functions expect to have it & our busybox hook is executed
    after zz-busybox one. (LP: #1315755)
 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> Tue, 06 May 2014 21:30:41 +0100

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1315755

[stsp (stsp-0)]

This is a problem in Trusty too, if
BUSYBOX=n
in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf.
Neither grep nor egrep seems to be added, so
the same error message appears.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Sworddragon, or anyone else affected,

Accepted initramfs-tools into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/0.103ubuntu4.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Dave Chiluk (chiluk)]

I deployed a trusty vm, and checked the logs for the error, and did not see it so I'm marking this verification-done.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.103ubuntu4.3

---------------
initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.3) trusty; urgency=medium

  [ Dimitri John Ledkov ]

  * Create /bin/egrep -> busybox symlink, because initramfs-tools
    scripts/functions expect to have it & our busybox hook is executed
    after zz-busybox one. (LP: #1315755)

  [ Dave Chiluk]

  * Add resolve_device to initramfs-tools so that actual devices show up
    in df and /proc/self/mountinfo instead of the UUID symlink. This is
    a backport of commits f135e7cf, be18fee1, f1d6fb37 from
    git://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools
    (LP: #1535349)

 -- Andy Whitcroft <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:55:04 +0000

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for initramfs-tools has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.