Package: udev Version: 0.105-4 Severity: normal Hi Marco, today I discovered a possible bug in the file /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/udev. This script is executed with the "-e" flag to exit on any error. Unfortunately, on my system the command mkdir $DESTDIR/lib/udev/ fails, because the directory is already there. This prevents the execution of the following lines which copy several *_id files to the initramfs. Without these files udev fails to create all /dev/disk/by-* symlinks resulting in an unbootable system, since I'm using these links to select my root-device.
This failure can easily be prevented by adding "-p" to mkdir: mkdir -p $DESTDIR/lib/udev/ -- Package-specific info: -- /etc/udev/rules.d/: /etc/udev/rules.d/: total 20 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2007-02-08 18:52 020_permissions.rules -> ../permissions.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2007-02-08 18:52 025_libgphoto2.rules -> ../libgphoto2.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2007-05-22 16:23 025_libsane.rules -> ../libsane.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2007-02-08 18:52 025_logitechmouse.rules -> ../logitechmouse.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2007-02-08 18:52 030_ifplugd.rules -> ../ifplugd.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2007-02-08 18:52 030_sl-modem-daemon.rules -> ../sl-modem-daemon.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2007-02-08 18:52 035_kino.rules -> ../kino.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2007-02-08 18:52 85-pcmcia.rules -> ../pcmcia.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2007-05-12 09:55 libmtp.rules -> ../libmtp.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2007-02-08 18:52 libnjb.rules -> ../libnjb.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2007-02-08 18:52 thinkpad.rules -> ../thinkpad.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2007-02-08 18:52 udev.rules -> ../udev.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2007-02-08 18:52 z20_persistent-input.rules -> ../persistent-input.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2007-02-08 18:52 z20_persistent.rules -> ../persistent.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3388 2007-03-31 22:43 z25_persistent-cd.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343 2007-04-29 23:34 z25_persistent-net.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2007-02-08 18:52 z45_persistent-net-generator.rules -> ../persistent-net-generator.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-02-08 18:52 z50_run.rules -> ../run.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2007-02-08 18:52 z55_hotplug.rules -> ../hotplug.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2007-02-08 18:52 z60_alsa-utils.rules -> ../alsa-utils.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2007-02-08 18:52 z60_hdparm.rules -> ../hdparm.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2589 2007-06-03 22:17 z60_libpisock9.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5716 2007-06-02 19:21 z60_xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2007-02-08 18:52 z75_cd-aliases-generator.rules -> ../cd-aliases-generator.rules lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2007-05-24 07:51 z99_hal.rules -> ../hal.rules -- /sys/: /sys/block/ram0/dev /sys/block/ram10/dev /sys/block/ram11/dev /sys/block/ram12/dev /sys/block/ram13/dev /sys/block/ram14/dev /sys/block/ram15/dev /sys/block/ram1/dev /sys/block/ram2/dev /sys/block/ram3/dev /sys/block/ram4/dev /sys/block/ram5/dev /sys/block/ram6/dev /sys/block/ram7/dev /sys/block/ram8/dev /sys/block/ram9/dev /sys/block/sda/dev /sys/block/sda/sda1/dev /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev /sys/block/sda/sda5/dev /sys/block/sda/sda6/dev /sys/block/sda/sda7/dev /sys/block/sda/sda8/dev /sys/block/sr0/dev /sys/class/drm/card0/dev /sys/class/graphics/fb0/dev /sys/class/input/input0/event0/dev /sys/class/input/input0/mouse0/dev /sys/class/input/input0/ts0/dev /sys/class/input/input13/event8/dev /sys/class/input/input13/mouse3/dev /sys/class/input/input13/ts3/dev /sys/class/input/input1/event1/dev /sys/class/input/input2/event2/dev /sys/class/input/input3/event3/dev /sys/class/input/input3/mouse1/dev /sys/class/input/input3/ts1/dev /sys/class/input/input4/event4/dev /sys/class/input/input5/event5/dev /sys/class/input/input6/event6/dev /sys/class/input/input7/event7/dev /sys/class/input/input7/mouse2/dev /sys/class/input/input7/ts2/dev /sys/class/input/mice/dev /sys/class/misc/agpgart/dev /sys/class/misc/device-mapper/dev /sys/class/misc/fuse/dev /sys/class/misc/hpet/dev /sys/class/misc/nvram/dev /sys/class/misc/psaux/dev /sys/class/misc/rtc/dev /sys/class/misc/snapshot/dev /sys/class/misc/tun/dev /sys/class/misc/vmmon/dev /sys/class/misc/watchdog/dev /sys/class/scsi_generic/sg0/dev /sys/class/scsi_generic/sg1/dev /sys/class/sound/adsp/dev /sys/class/sound/audio1/dev /sys/class/sound/audio/dev /sys/class/sound/controlC0/dev /sys/class/sound/controlC1/dev /sys/class/sound/dsp1/dev /sys/class/sound/dsp/dev /sys/class/sound/mixer1/dev /sys/class/sound/mixer/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D0c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D0p/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D1c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D2c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D3c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC0D4p/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC1D0c/dev /sys/class/sound/pcmC1D0p/dev /sys/class/sound/seq/dev /sys/class/sound/sequencer2/dev /sys/class/sound/sequencer/dev /sys/class/sound/timer/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev1.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev2.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev2.3/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev3.1/dev /sys/class/usb_device/usbdev4.1/dev /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.1_ep00/dev /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev1.1_ep81/dev /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev2.1_ep00/dev /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev2.1_ep81/dev /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev2.3_ep00/dev /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev2.3_ep81/dev /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev3.1_ep00/dev /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev3.1_ep81/dev /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev4.1_ep00/dev /sys/class/usb_endpoint/usbdev4.1_ep81/dev -- Kernel configuration: -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.21.1 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages udev depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.5-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libselinux1 2.0.15-2 SELinux shared libraries ii libvolume-id0 0.105-4 libvolume_id shared library ii lsb-base 3.1-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip udev recommends no packages. -- debconf information: udev/new_kernel_needed: false * udev/devfs-warning: udev/reboot_needed: * udev/reboot-warning: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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