Bug 921645

Summary:	sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo-11: Fails to install kernel
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Norman Rieß <norman>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Distribution Kernel Project <dist-kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	major	CC:	andrewammerlaan, norman
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=921622
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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!