Images built with "link_in_boot = yes" in /etc/kernel-img.conf end up with a broken /boot/initrd.img
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
live-build (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Colin Watson | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
Some architectures get "link_in_boot = yes" added to /etc/kernel-
In terms of time-of-
(I suspect that this is actually an issue in something in the archive, but as I don't really know _what_, I have filed this against live-build for now.)
Related bugs:
* bug 1539157: Images built with "link_in_boot = yes" in /etc/kernel-
* bug 1536810 kernel install failed /bin/cp: cannot stat ‘/boot/
For SRU purposes, we can confirm a fix by making sure that cloud images of a couple of architectures built with this fix still boot, and that initrd.img is a symlink rather than a (small) regular file.
affects: | linux (Ubuntu) → live-build (Ubuntu) |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in live-build (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in live-build (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
Changed in live-build (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
Hello Dan, or anyone else affected,
Accepted live-build into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https:/ /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ live-build/ 3.0~a57- 1ubuntu25. 1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
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