Hi, > cp: failed to access '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_mSMoqa//usr/bin/busybox': Too many > levels of symbolic links > E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/zz-busybox failed with return 1.
I'm having a very similar issue which makes me think that this is a more generic issue and not necessarily busybox-specific: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-4-686-pae cp: failed to access '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_URATxd//usr/bin/touch': Too many levels of symbolic links E: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/fsprotect failed with return 1. update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-4-686-pae with 1. run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools exited with return code 1 dpkg: error processing package linux-image-4.19.0-4-686-pae (--configure): installed linux-image-4.19.0-4-686-pae package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Note that it's /usr/bin/touch and /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/fsprotect, but otherwise looks like the same issue. >From my point of view this looks like either an issue in initramfs-tools or in both, busybox and fsprotect (and maybe more) packages not having adapted to breaking changes in initramfs-tools. Chris Lamb wrote: > Whilst you could indeed change this, given that my attempt at usrmerge > failed for reasons unrelated to busybox and/or initramfs generation JFTR: My case is on a non-usrmerge i386 system running Sid. The issue shows up for at least a few weeks now if not longer (hadn't touched that system for a few weeks or so beforehand) and seemingly for all kernels installed or upgraded since it appeared the first time. > Thus, we should probably just close this bug. Huh? If I wouldn't have found this bug report, I'd have filed (and might still file) the above as at least severity serious as it breaks the installation/upgrade of more or less unrelated packages. Regards, Axel -- ,''`. | Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org>, https://people.debian.org/~abe/ : :' : | Debian Developer, ftp.ch.debian.org Admin `. `' | 4096R: 2517 B724 C5F6 CA99 5329 6E61 2FF9 CD59 6126 16B5 `- | 1024D: F067 EA27 26B9 C3FC 1486 202E C09E 1D89 9593 0EDE