#1107723#5
Date:
2025-06-12 23:46:31 UTC
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Please unblock package initramfs-tools

[ Reason ]
- Fix boot from SCSI on s390x
- Fix missing versioned Breaks from initramfs-tools-bin to
  initramfs-tools-core

[ Impact ]
- Boot failure on some s390x systems (bug #1107689)
- Possible file loss in some odd package upgrade and removal sequences
  (Debian policy chapter 7 footnote 3)

[ Tests ]
- Many boot configurations are covered by autopkgtests
- Boot from SCSI on s390x will be tested manually (TBD)

[ Risks ]
These are small and localised changes with low risk of regresion.

[ Checklist ]
  [X] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
  [X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
  [X] attach debdiff against the package in testing

[ Other info ]

unblock initramfs-tools/0.148.2

#1107723#12
Date:
2025-06-13 06:03:28 UTC
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To:
Unblocked.
#1107723#17
Date:
2025-06-14 20:04:56 UTC
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 01:46:31 +0200 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
[...]
[...]

Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be possible to emulate zFCP devices
in QEMU, so I couldn't test boot from SCSI..

I did verify that the zfcp module does again get included in the
initramfs.

Ben.

#1107723#22
Date:
2025-06-16 09:28:25 UTC
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Yes, this is only supported on the real hardware.  All QEMU can do is
provide virtio devices, no traditional mainframe devices.

I did as well.  Also we have a user report of now working systems:

| 08:57:58 < waldi> pranav: please open a bug report against initramfs-tools. please try https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/initramfs-tools/-/merge_requests/175
| 08:58:09 < pranav> Ok. Thanks a lot
| 09:13:38 < pranav> waldi: Yep it is now booting up fine.

Bastian