[From nobody Tue Aug 11 03:19:06 2026 Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 17 Jul 2026 11:02:09 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2024-03-25) on buxtehude.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-21.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00, BODY_INCLUDES_PACKAGE,FROMDEVELOPER,HAS_PACKAGE,NO_RELAYS, XMAILER_REPORTBUG autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.0000 Tokens: new, 14; hammy, 149; neutral, 40; spammy, 1. spammytokens:0.941-+--H*r:bugs.debian.org hammytokens:0.000-+--XDebbugsCc, 0.000-+--X-Debbugs-Cc, 0.000-+--H*Ad:N*Bug, 0.000-+--H*Ad:N*Tracking, 0.000-+--HTo:N*Debian Return-path: <bdrung@debian.org> Received: via submission by buxtehude.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from <bdrung@debian.org>) id 1wkgKX-00HAIQ-0r for submit@bugs.debian.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:02:09 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============9059390261802683520==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org> Subject: zfs-initramfs: Drop depending on busybox-initramfs Message-ID: <178428611991.2130614.16347828968353279372.reportbug@deep-thought> X-Mailer: reportbug 13.2.0+ubuntu1 Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:01:59 +0200 Delivered-To: submit@bugs.debian.org This is a multi-part MIME message sent by reportbug. --===============9059390261802683520== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Package: zfs-initramfs Version: 2.4.3-1 Severity: normal Tags: patch X-Debbugs-Cc: bdrung@debian.org Dear Maintainer, Ubuntu patches the busybox package to: * add a busybox-initramfs binary package * Prefer busybox cmds over klibc cmds where there is duplication * Add static-sh alias name for ash (LP: #505887) The busybox-initramfs package is smaller than the busybox package: ``` # ls -alh /usr/bin/busybox /usr/lib/initramfs-tools/bin/busybox -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 827K Jan 14 15:50 /usr/bin/busybox -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 323K Jan 14 15:50 /usr/lib/initramfs-tools/bin/busybox # ldd /usr/bin/busybox linux-vdso.so.1 (0x0000769a0daff000) libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x0000769a0da12000) libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x0000769a0d7f1000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000769a0db01000) # ldd /usr/lib/initramfs-tools/bin/busybox linux-vdso.so.1 (0x000073e539db4000) libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x000073e539b38000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x000073e539db6000) ``` The size of busybox + glibc is a tiny fraction of Debian's initrd. The main size comes from modules and firmware. These are significantly larger than busybox. Therefore the busybox Debian maintainer does not want to add a specific busybox build for initrds (see Debian #1135987). Carrying this busybox delta in Ubuntu for the neglectable initrd size difference is not worth the effort in 2026. So drop busybox-initramfs in Ubuntu and make the initramfs-tools package simpler. initramfs-tools recommends "busybox | busybox-static" on Debian and Ubuntu now. So drop depending on busybox-initramfs and use the same package order in Depends. Git-formatted patch attached. 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