Package: busybox Version: 1:1.9.2-2 Severity: important
I'm using live-initramfs for booting my live-cd system (using kernel 2.6.23). My old setup with busybox 1:1.1.3-5 used to work fine. Nowadays using busybox version 1:1.9.2-2 with different versions of klibc-utils, initramfs-tools and live-initramfs fails at the stage of mounting the loopback device (being a squashfs file behind). I tested several different software versions in all possible combinations (no setup changes except for the initrds). The results: Working ======= ii busybox 1:1.1.3-5 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.91c tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.7-4 small statically-linked utilities built with klibc ii live-initramfs 1.110.7-2~grml.03 Debian Live initramfs hook ii busybox 1:1.1.3-5 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.91c tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.9-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot ii live-initramfs 1.110.7-2~grml.03 Debian Live initramfs hook ii busybox 1:1.1.3-5 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.92 tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.9-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot ii live-initramfs 1.110.7-2~grml.03 Debian Live initramfs hook Impossible combinations ======================= JFTR: All available combinations of initramfs-tools 0.92 with klibc-utils 1.5.7-4 (being 4 possible variants) can't be tested because initramfs-tools 0.92 depends on klibc-utils (>= 1.5.9-1). Broken ====== ii busybox 1:1.1.3-5 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.92 tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.9-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot ii live-initramfs 1.128.1-1 Debian Live initramfs hook ii busybox 1:1.1.3-5 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.91c tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.9-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot ii live-initramfs 1.128.1-1 Debian Live initramfs hook ii busybox 1:1.1.3-5 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.91c tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.7-4 small statically-linked utilities built with klibc ii live-initramfs 1.128.1-1 Debian Live initramfs hook ii busybox 1:1.9.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.92 tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.9-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot ii live-initramfs 1.110.7-2~grml.03 Debian Live initramfs hook ii busybox 1:1.9.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.92 tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.9-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot ii live-initramfs 1.128.1-1 Debian Live initramfs hook ii busybox 1:1.9.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.91c tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.7-4 small statically-linked utilities built with klibc ii live-initramfs 1.110.7-2~grml.03 Debian Live initramfs hook ii busybox 1:1.9.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.91c tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.7-4 small statically-linked utilities built with klibc ii live-initramfs 1.128.1-1 Debian Live initramfs hook ii busybox 1:1.9.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.91c tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.9-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot ii live-initramfs 1.110.7-2~grml.03 Debian Live initramfs hook ii busybox 1:1.9.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems ii initramfs-tools 0.91c tools for generating an initramfs ii klibc-utils 1.5.9-2 small utilities built with klibc for early boot ii live-initramfs 1.128.1-1 Debian Live initramfs hook JFTR: live-initramfs 1.110.7-2~grml.03 is corresponding with the original Debian version live-initramfs 1.110.7-1 except for 3 minimal patches which don't affect the relevant code at all. See http://hg.grml.org/live-initramfs-grml/file/14e9cddbeb4a/debian/patches/ as reference. Conclusion: it only works when using the old busybox version *and* the old live-initramfs version. The klibc-utils and initramfs-tools versions don't seem to matter. As soon as I *either* upgrade busybox *or* live-initramfs then booting fails. I'm not yet sure why using the most recent software versions doesn't work - because according to Daniel "panthera" Baumann it *should* be working fine. Could this really be a kernel issue - why does it work with older busybox and live-initramfs versions then? Please let me know if you need any further information or if you have any further ideas what I could do to track down this issue. I didn't check the code changes in busybox and live-initramfs yet, so maybe someone of you has an idea what might have caused that breakage. regards, -mika- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
