Bug#338405: initramfs-tools: Duplicate files and inadequate use of busybox.

2006-03-26 Thread maximilian attems
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Michal Schmidt wrote: > Hi, > The attached patch could be the first step towards fixing the problem. > It removes the --dereference flag from the cpio command line. This makes > it possible to create a smaller cpio archive with /bin/sh being a > symlink to /bin/busybox. The

Bug#338405: initramfs-tools: Duplicate files and inadequate use of busybox.

2006-03-26 Thread Michal Schmidt
Hi, The attached patch could be the first step towards fixing the problem. It removes the --dereference flag from the cpio command line. This makes it possible to create a smaller cpio archive with /bin/sh being a symlink to /bin/busybox. The other changes in the patch are necessary so that ev

Bug#338405: initramfs-tools: Duplicate files and inadequate use of busybox.

2005-11-09 Thread Russell Coker
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.38 Severity: normal Having cpio break sym-links is undesirable. For the case of shared objects it's probably best to use "cp -L" to break the links while copying. Currently the initrd is generated with both /bin/busybox and /bin/sh having the same file content