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Bug 378971 - sys-kernel/genkernel - please log file copying errors (and possibly also file-copying commands?) in genkernel.log
Summary: sys-kernel/genkernel - please log file copying errors (and possibly also file...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers
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Reported: 2011-08-12 19:57 UTC by Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED)
Modified: 2017-07-14 19:46 UTC (History)
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Description Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-08-12 19:57:34 UTC
Genkernel, at least version 3.4.16, currently does not report any information in genkernel.log about file copying when it installs the kernel file or initramfs.  

I just spent a good chunk of the day (off and on) trying to help a user resolve what we thought might have been a genkernel bug, only to find out it was a filesystem error.  The only thing in genkernel.log relating to the file copy error was a statement "ERROR: Could not copy the kernel image to /boot!"  -- see attachment 282917 [details]

it would be very helpful if the genkernel.log has any information on why the kernel could not be copied -- output from 'cp' for instance; also an echo of the actual 'cp' command being executed would help too.


Reproducible: Always