why is dracut conflicting with initramfs-tools? shouldn't that conflict be solved in Debian? note there is no intention to support alternative initramfs implementations in Ubuntu main.
** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1109029 Title: Depend on linux-initramfs-tools Status in apparmor package in Ubuntu: New Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in kbd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in lvm2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in multipath-tools package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in udev package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in watershed package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Many core packages depend on initramfs-tools when they should actually depend on linux-initramfs-tools (virtual package provided by initramfs-tools and dracut). Debian seems to be using "Depends: initramfs-tools | linux-initramfs- tools" for almost every relevant package. See also bug #1108987, which is about the fact that dracut shouldn't conflict with initramfs-tools. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apparmor/+bug/1109029/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp