Bug#1109832: systemd-boot: breaks dracut -f
David Härdeman
david at hardeman.nu
Thu Jul 24 16:12:47 BST 2025
Package: systemd-boot
Version: 257.7-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
after switching to systemd-boot, a plain "dracut -f" invocation to build
a new initrd doesn't work anymore:
$ dracut -f
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut -f
...
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/boot/efi/bdc11e9baee74faba4e9574412dc049b/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/initrd.tmp' ***
dracut[I]: Using auto-determined compression method 'pigz'
dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/boot/efi/bdc11e9baee74faba4e9574412dc049b/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/initrd.tmp' done ***
dracut[I]: *** Moving image file '/boot/efi/bdc11e9baee74faba4e9574412dc049b/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/initrd.tmp' to '/boot/efi/bdc11e9baee74faba4e9574412dc049b/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/initrd' ***
dracut[I]: *** Moving image file '/boot/efi/bdc11e9baee74faba4e9574412dc049b/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/initrd.tmp' to '/boot/efi/bdc11e9baee74faba4e9574412dc049b/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/initrd' done ***
Cannot build depthcharge images when no board is specified.
Not booted with depthcharge, so ignoring that.
Updating kernel version 6.12.38+deb13-amd64 in systemd-boot...
install: '/boot/efi/bdc11e9baee74faba4e9574412dc049b/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/initrd' and '/boot/efi/bdc11e9baee74faba4e9574412dc049b/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/initrd' are the same file
Error: could not copy '/boot/efi/bdc11e9baee74faba4e9574412dc049b/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/initrd' to '/boot/efi/bdc11e9baee74faba4e9574412dc049b/6.12.38+deb13-amd64/initrd'.
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/90-loaderentry.install failed with exit status 1.
run-parts: /etc/initramfs/post-update.d//systemd-boot exited with return code 1
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe that dracut -f used to work before
switching to systemd-boot.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (102, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.12.38+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages systemd-boot depends on:
ii libc6 2.41-10
ii libsystemd-shared 257.7-1
ii systemd 257.7-1
ii systemd-boot-efi-amd64-signed [systemd-boot-efi-signed] 257.7-1
ii systemd-boot-tools 257.7-1
Versions of packages systemd-boot recommends:
ii efibootmgr 18-2
ii shim-signed 1.46+15.8-1
Versions of packages systemd-boot suggests:
pn systemd-ukify <none>
-- no debconf information
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