#1052409 initramfs-tools: zstd breaks update-initramfs leading to missingmodules broken uuid link to root

Package:
initramfs-tools
Source:
initramfs-tools
Submitter:
Christian Kiss
Date:
2025-03-02 16:00:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1052409#5
Date:
2023-09-21 16:00:15 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

debian12 bookworm
kernelconfig initramfs-tools mandatory zstd (since kernel 5.9)
seems to misconfigure or break non-sse2 update-initramfs -u
leading to "missing modules" or broken uuid link to root andor boot during
bootprocess
drops to shell

the uuid link to a dmraid mapper is not the relevant factor in this

any bullseye initramfstool operation worked before flawlessly including kernel
6.0 on deb11
this i s a bookworm bug

Greetings
Christian KISS
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