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Bug 921645 - sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo-11: Fails to install kernel
Summary: sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo-11: Fails to install kernel
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: Normal major (vote)
Assignee: Distribution Kernel Project
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Reported: 2024-01-09 08:57 UTC by Norman Rieß
Modified: 2024-01-09 09:03 UTC (History)
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Description Norman Rieß 2024-01-09 08:57:24 UTC 
sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo-11: Fails to install kernel due to wrong directory string ".//usr/src[...]".

dracut: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --force --verbose --kernel-image .//usr/src/linux-6.6.10-gentoo-dist/arch/x86/boot/bzImage .//usr/src/linux-6.6.10-gentoo-dist/arch/x86/boot/initrd 6.6.10-gentoo-dist
dracut: Can't write to .//usr/src/linux-6.6.10-gentoo-dist/arch/x86/boot: Directory .//usr/src/linux-6.6.10-gentoo-dist/arch/x86/boot does not exist or is not accessible.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge a kernel with installkernel-gentoo-11

Actual Results:  
Fails to install kernel.

Expected Results:  
Succeedes to install kernel.

Worked with installkernel-gentoo-10
Comment 1 Andrew Nowa Ammerlaan gentoo-dev 2024-01-09 09:00:05 UTC 
Already fixed in v12.

I realized shortly after, on the bike to work, that v11 would break if passed absolute paths. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Comment 2 Norman Rieß 2024-01-09 09:03:01 UTC 
Thanks!