typo in initramfs-tools.preinst script breaks initial installation
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Debian |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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| initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Package: initramfs-tools 0.69ubuntu20
Distro Release: Ubuntu 6.10
Description:
HaraldWagener wrote:
The multiline sed call in the preinst script breaks on line 35 because a backslash is missing.
Robert Sander wrote in bug #74242:
The preinst script of initramfs-tools has the (old) bug from Debian: http://
This causes sed to fail with "sed: no input file" and install of initramfs-tools stops.
This bug is only triggered when installing initramfs-tools for the first time and with an existing /etc/mkinitrd/
After removing the old initrd-tools package installing initramfs-tools was possible.
| Changed in initramfs-tools: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Fix Released |
| Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) (hmontoliu) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in initramfs-tools: | |
| status: | Fix Released → Unconfirmed |
| Antti Kaihola (antti-kaihola) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in initramfs-tools: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #3 |
| Nathan Adams (syphoon) wrote Re: [Bug 68628] Re: typo in initramfs-tools.preinst script breaks initial installation | #4 |
| Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in initramfs-tools: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
as Robert Sander wrote in bug #74242:
Binary package hint: initramfs-tools
The preinst script of initramfs-tools has the (old) bug from Debian: http://
This causes sed to fail with "sed: no input file" and install of initramfs-tools stops.
This bug is only triggered when installing initramfs-tools for the first time and with an existing /etc/mkinitrd/
After removing the old initrd-tools package installing initramfs-tools was possible.