[Pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#481104: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: update-initramfs edits /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/cryptroot

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maximilian attems wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 04:13:18PM +0300, ?????????????? ???????????? wrote:
>   
>> maximilian attems wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008, David Härdeman wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 11:56:59PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> Look at that: (updating initrd, duplicates the content of the cryptroot
>>>>>> config file...)
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>> right cryptsetup should maybe not write into /etc/i-t/conf.d
>>>>> but in /usr/share/i-t/conf.d but those could also be mounted ro?!?
>>>>>
>>>>> anyway i'd like to hear from cryptsetup maintainers before reassgning.
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> I'm not sure I understand the question. The cryptsetup initramfs hook  
>>>> writes its config file by doing:
>>>>
>>>> echo "$OPTIONS" >> "$DESTDIR/conf/conf.d/cryptroot"
>>>>
>>>> If that is below /etc, that would be due to initramfs-tools, wouldn't  
>>>> it?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> okay it was quite late yesterday, aboves should be in the initramfs
>>> itself. not sure if that bug report is not completly bogus
>>>
>>> it is saying that /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/cryptroot is modified
>>> on an update-initramfs -u run. i don't see any hook on my box
>>> that would do that.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Hi again... The bug report is not bogus, in the sense that it happens.
>> Everytime I run  update-initramfs -u, my
>> /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/cryptroot gets an extra line
>> target=lukspace,source=/dev/hda3,key=none,lvm=evg-root
>> added.
>>
>> I do not know what these 'hooks' are, but I run update-initramfs -u with
>> strace and I send you the output in case this might help you. I found a
>> directory /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks, but it is empty. Is there
>> something I can check and report back, in order to see why is this
>> happening?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>     
>
> right send output of
> a) sh -x mkinitramfs -o /tmp/foo
> b) sh -x update-initramfs -u
>
>
> thanks
>
>   


Sending requested outputs a) -> out1, b) -> out2

cheers,
Giorgos

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