add an option to not strip filesystem prefix from file names
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The filesystem prefix of the files in the main/ directory is not preserved when an initrd is unpacked with unmkinitramfs.
If the initrd is rebuilt directly from main/ with cpio, the resulting file won't work because links are invalid.
unmkinitramfs should have an option to not strip filesystem prefixes and preserve the content of the archive..
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: initramfs-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Nov 27 09:40:24 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-15 (1961 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140520)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2018-03-24 (612 days ago)
| Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote | #1 |
| Benjamin Drung (bdrung) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in initramfs-tools (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Can you give an example of your use-case and what you mean by "filesystem prefix"?