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Bug 200111 - genkernel does produce busybox symlinks
Summary: genkernel does produce busybox symlinks
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers
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Reported: 2007-11-23 19:26 UTC by Robert Buchholz (RETIRED)
Modified: 2007-11-23 20:38 UTC (History)
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Description Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-11-23 19:26:36 UTC 
Genkernel, if used with --lvm, includes the busybox executable in its generated initramfs, but it misses to install its symlinks (ls -> busybox, for example), rendering created images unusable.
Comment 1 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-11-23 19:27:36 UTC 
(tested with 3.4.9_pre6 in an Ubuntu chroot)
Comment 2 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-11-23 19:41:37 UTC 
My latest x86 minimal 2007.1 pre-release livecd build has a kernel created with 3.4.9_pre9 and uses --lvm, and the busybox symlinks are there. Can you try to reproduce with _pre9?
Comment 3 Robin Johnson archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2007-11-23 20:35:47 UTC 
If you use LVM, you should use _pre9-r1, so that LVM is properly built in the initramfs. Also, the symlinks are created in the initramfs when "busybox --install -s" is called inside linuxrc, you can't just unpack and expect them to exist.
Comment 4 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-11-23 20:38:02 UTC 
Sounds like INVALID to me :P