The script responsible for updating the /boot/initrd.img symlink is called `linux-update-symlinks`. If a kernel is installed without that script being run, the symlink will not be updated.
The only place where `linux-update-symlinks` is run is inside each of our kernels, in `debian/templates/image.postinst.in`. This means that when our kernels are built as .deb packages, the appropriate machinery will be placed inside the .deb to thus update the /boot/initrd.img symlink. I checked the change history to `installkernel` and could not find any point in time in which it ran `linux-update-symlinks`. Furthermore, the help info inside `linux-update-symlinks` contains the following note: "This command is intended to be called from the postinst and postrm maintainer scripts of Linux kernel packages." It looks like `linux- update-symlinks` was only ever intended to be used in postinst/postrm hooks for .deb packages (and not called by `installkernel`). There are a few remedies to this problem I can see, but I'm not sure which is the correct solution: 1. Add a call to `linux-update-symlinks` into `installkernel` or 2. Add a script into /etc/kernel/postinst.d to run `linux-update-symlinks` or 3. Run `linux-update-symlinks` manually after installing a kernel directly via `installkernel` -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-base in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1877088 Title: [UBUNTU 20.04] installkernel script does not symlink /boot/initrd.img which is required with the default zipl.conf Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems: Triaged Status in debianutils package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux-base package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When testing development kernels I usually rely on the installkernel script either through the "make install" target of the Kernel source or manually. This used to work great on Ubuntu on Z. On Ubuntu 20.04 (freshly installed up to date) this fails however because /boot/initrd.img is not updated (/boot/vmlinuz is) and thus zipl installs the wrong kernel/initrd combination rendering the system unbootable. (with the correct modules already copied to /usr/lib/modules/5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd/) # sudo installkernel 5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd bzImage System.map /boot run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd /boot/vmlinuz-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd /boot/vmlinuz-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf' Building bootmap in '/boot' Building menu 'menu' Adding #1: IPL section 'ubuntu' (default) Adding #2: IPL section 'old' Preparing boot device: dasda (3844). Done. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-zipl 5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd /boot/vmlinuz-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd Using config file '/etc/zipl.conf' Building bootmap in '/boot' Building menu 'menu' Adding #1: IPL section 'ubuntu' (default) Adding #2: IPL section 'old' Preparing boot device: dasda (3844). Done. # ls -l /boot total 178364 -rw------- 1 root root 135168 May 6 11:52 bootmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90471 Apr 29 15:34 config-5.4.0-29-generic lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 May 6 11:40 initrd.img -> initrd.img-5.4.0-29-generic <====== should point to new version -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19663996 May 6 11:42 initrd.img-5.4.0-29-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 125339494 May 6 11:52 initrd.img-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 May 6 11:40 initrd.img.old -> initrd.img-5.4.0-29-generic -rw------- 1 root root 3087920 Apr 29 15:34 System.map-5.4.0-29-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4031691 May 6 11:52 System.map-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4031691 May 6 11:49 System.map-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd.old lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 May 6 11:52 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd -rw------- 1 root root 8086072 Apr 29 15:54 vmlinuz-5.4.0-29-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9080832 May 6 11:52 vmlinuz-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9080832 May 6 11:49 vmlinuz-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd.old lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 May 6 11:52 vmlinuz.old -> vmlinuz-5.7.0-rc4-06500-gb67ea026badd.old To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-z-systems/+bug/1877088/+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
